Pike Township, Fulton County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Pike Township, Fulton County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Pike Township in Fulton County


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

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area_total_km2 = 73.1
area_land_km2 = 72.9
area_water_km2 = 0.2
area_total_sq_mi = 28.2
area_land_sq_mi = 28.1
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1738
population_density_km2 = 23.8
population_density_sq_mi = 61.8

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 229
elevation_ft = 751
latd = 41 |latm = 37 |lats = 5 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 3 |longs = 6 |longEW = W

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Pike Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,738 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39051 Fulton County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Royalton Township - north
*Amboy Township - northeast corner
*Fulton Township - east
*Swan Creek Township - southeast corner
*York Township - south
*Clinton Township - southwest corner
*Dover Township - west
*Chesterfield Township - northwest

It is one of only two townships in the county without a border on another county.

No municipalities are located in Pike Township.

Name and history

It is one of eight Pike Townships 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 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://www.fultoncountyoh.com County website]