Black Creek Township, Mercer County, Ohio

Black Creek Township, Mercer County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Black Creek Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Mercer

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area_total_km2 = 92.6
area_land_km2 = 92.6
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 35.8
area_land_sq_mi = 35.8
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 631
population_density_km2 = 6.8
population_density_sq_mi = 17.6

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_m = 245
elevation_ft = 804
latd = 40 |latm = 41 |lats = 19 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 44 |longs = 26 |longEW = W

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Black Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 631 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39107 Mercer County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Willshire Township, Van Wert County - north
*Liberty Township, Van Wert County - northeast corner
*Dublin Township - east
*Hopewell Township - southeast corner
*Liberty Township - south
*Jefferson Township, Adams County, Indiana - southwest
*Blue Creek Township, Adams County, Indiana - northwest

No municipalities are located in Black Creek Township.

Name and history

It is the only Black 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 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.mercercountyohio.org County website]


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