Camp Creek Township, Pike County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Camp Creek Township, 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 = 71.0
area_land_km2 = 70.8
area_water_km2 = 0.3
area_total_sq_mi = 27.4
area_land_sq_mi = 27.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 951
population_density_km2 = 13.4
population_density_sq_mi = 34.8

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 235
elevation_ft = 771
latd = 38 |latm = 58 |lats = 46 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 8 |longs = 7 |longEW = W

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Camp Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 951 people in 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 southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Newton Township - northeast
*Scioto Township - east
*Valley Township, Scioto County - southeast corner
*Morgan Township, Scioto County - south
*Rarden Township, Scioto County - southwest
*Sunfish Township - northwest

No municipalities are located in Camp Creek Township.

Name and history

It is the only Camp 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.piketravel.com Pike County visitors bureau website]