Pee Pee Township, Pike County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Pee Pee Township, Pike County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Pike County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Pike

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area_total_km2 = 83.9
area_land_km2 = 82.1
area_water_km2 = 1.8
area_total_sq_mi = 32.4
area_land_sq_mi = 31.7
area_water_sq_mi = 0.7

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 7776
population_density_km2 = 94.7
population_density_sq_mi = 245.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_m = 214
elevation_ft = 702
latd = 39 |latm = 7 |lats = 23 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 0 |longs = 3 |longEW = W

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Pee Pee Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,776 people in the township, including 4,433 people in the village of Waverly, and 3,343 in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39131 Pike County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Franklin Township, Ross County - northeast
*Jackson Township - east
*Newton Township - southeast
*Pebble Township - southwest
*Seal Township - west
*Huntington Township, Ross County - northwest

The village of Waverly, the county seat of Pike County, is located in eastern Pee Pee Township.

The convert|429|acre|km2|sing=on Lake White State Park is also located in this township.

Pee Pee Township is convert|32.4|sqmi|km2 in size, including convert|0.69|sqmi|km2 of water and convert|3.92|sqmi|km2 within the village limits of Waverly.

Name and history

It is the only Pee Pee Township statewide. Its name is said to derive from Pee Pee Creek, which in turn is said to come from the initials of an Irish settler. The township was organized in 1798 as the first township in Pike 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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

* [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~henryhowesbook/pike.html Henry Howe, "Pike County," "Historical Collections of Ohio", 1888.]
* [http://www.scioto.org/Pike/History/township-history.html "Pike County Townships & Communities"]
* [http://www.piketravel.com Pike County visitors bureau website]