Camp Creek Township, Pike County, Ohio

Camp Creek Township, Pike County, Ohio
Township

Vanaka Bank Road west of Camp

Location of Camp Creek Township in Pike County
Coordinates: 38°58′46″N 83°8′7″W / 38.97944°N 83.13528°W / 38.97944; -83.13528Coordinates: 38°58′46″N 83°8′7″W / 38.97944°N 83.13528°W / 38.97944; -83.13528
Country United States
State Ohio
County Pike
Area
 • Total 27.4 sq mi (71.0 km2)
 • Land 27.3 sq mi (70.8 km2)
 • Water 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation[1] 771 ft (235 m)
Population (2000)
 • Total 951
 • Density 34.8/sq mi (13.4/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code 39-11122[2]
GNIS feature ID 1086809[1]

Camp Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 951 people in the township.[3]

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

No municipalities are located in Camp Creek Township.

Name and history

Named for a stream of the same name within its borders,[4] it is the only Camp Creek Township statewide.

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,[5] 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

  1. 1 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ↑ Pike County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Archived 2016-11-25 at the Wayback Machine. Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
  4. ↑ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 22.
  5. ↑ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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