Sugar Creek Township, Allen County, Ohio

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official_name = Sugar Creek Township, Allen County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Sugar Creek Township, Allen County, Ohio.


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

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area_total_km2 = 62.7
area_land_km2 = 62.5
area_water_km2 = 0.2
area_total_sq_mi = 24.2
area_land_sq_mi = 24.1
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1330
population_density_km2 = 21.3
population_density_sq_mi = 55.1

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_m = 239
elevation_ft = 784
latd = 40 |latm = 49 |lats = 59 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 10 |longs = 28 |longEW = W

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Sugar Creek Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,330 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39003 Allen 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:
*Sugar Creek Township, Putnam County - north
*Monroe Township - northeast
*Bath Township - southeast
*American Township - south
*Marion Township - west
*Jennings Township, Putnam County - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Sugar Creek Township, although the unincorporated community of Gomer lies in the township's north.

Name and history

It is one of five Sugar Creek 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.co.allen.oh.us County website]