Sugar Creek Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
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| Sugar Creek Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Tuscarawas |
| Area | |
| - Total | 23.4 sq mi (60.6 km²) |
| - Land | 23.4 sq mi (60.6 km²) |
| - Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²) |
| Elevation [1] | 984 ft (300 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Total | 3,894 |
| - Density | 166.4/sq mi (64.2/km²) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 44681 |
| Area code(s) | 330 |
| FIPS code | 39-75217[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1087066[1] |
Sugar Creek Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,894 people in the township, 1,720 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]
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[edit] Geography
Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Wayne Township - north
- Franklin Township - northeast
- Dover Township - east
- Auburn Township - south
- Clark Township, Holmes County - southwest
- Walnut Creek Township, Holmes County - northwest
The village of Sugarcreek is located in western Sugar Creek Township.
[edit] Name and history
It is one of five Sugar Creek Townships statewide.
[edit] 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, 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. The current trustees are Tyrone Hershberger, Ted Miller, and David Shutt, and the fiscal officer is Stanley Gerber.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ Tuscarawas County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ Tuscarawas County, Ohio — Engineer: Joseph S. Bachman. Tuscarawas County. Accessed 2007-06-01.
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