- Clearcreek Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
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Clearcreek Township, Ohio — Township — Municipalities and townships of Fairfield County.
Coordinates: 39°37′4″N 82°47′37″W / 39.61778°N 82.79361°WCoordinates: 39°37′4″N 82°47′37″W / 39.61778°N 82.79361°W Country United States State Ohio County Fairfield Area – Total 36.2 sq mi (93.8 km2) – Land 36.2 sq mi (93.8 km2) – Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) Elevation[1] 997 ft (304 m) Population (2000) – Total 3,411 – Density 94.2/sq mi (36.4/km2) Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) – Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4) FIPS code 39-15686[2] GNIS feature ID 1086075[1] Clearcreek Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,411 people in the township, 2,830 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]
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Geography
Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Amanda Township - north
- Hocking Township - northeast corner
- Madison Township - east
- Perry Township, Hocking County - southeast
- Salt Creek Township, Pickaway County - south
- Pickaway Township, Pickaway County - southwest corner
- Washington Township, Pickaway County - west
The village of Stoutsville is located in western Clearcreek Township.
Name and history
Statewide, the only other Clearcreek Township is located in Warren County.
Government
The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer,[4] who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.
References
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Fairfield County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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Municipalities and communities of Fairfield County, Ohio Cities Canal Winchester‡ | Columbus‡ | Lancaster | Pickerington‡ | Reynoldsburg‡
Villages Amanda | Baltimore | Bremen | Buckeye Lake‡ | Carroll | Lithopolis‡ | Millersport | Pleasantville | Rushville | Stoutsville | Sugar Grove | Tarlton‡ | Thurston | West Rushville
Townships CDP Unincorporated
communitiesFootnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Townships in Fairfield County, Ohio
- Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area
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