Sycamore Township, Wyandot County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Sycamore Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Sycamore Township in Wyandot County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 62.8
area_land_km2 = 62.8
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 24.2
area_land_sq_mi = 24.2
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1598
population_density_km2 = 25.5
population_density_sq_mi = 65.9

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 253
elevation_ft = 830
latd = 40 |latm = 57 |lats = 17 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 9 |longs = 27 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 44882
area_code = 419
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blank_info = 39-75987GR|2
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blank1_info = 1087213GR|3
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Sycamore Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,598 people in the township, 684 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39175 Wyandot County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Eden Township, Seneca County - north
*Texas Township, Crawford County - east
*Tod Township, Crawford County - southeast corner
*Eden Township - south
*Tymochtee Township - west
*Seneca Township, Seneca County - northwest corner

The village of Sycamore is located in western Sycamore Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Sycamore Township is located in Hamilton 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://www.co.wyandot.oh.us County website]