Pike Township, Stark County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Pike Township, Stark County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Stark County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 82.5
area_land_km2 = 82.4
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 31.9
area_land_sq_mi = 31.8
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 4088
population_density_km2 = 49.6
population_density_sq_mi = 128.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 341
elevation_ft = 1119
latd = 40 |latm = 41 |lats = 19 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 21 |longs = 40 |longEW = W

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Pike Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,088 people in the township, 3,282 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39151 Stark 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:
*Canton Township - north
*Osnaburg Township - northeast corner
*Sandy Township - east
*Rose Township, Carroll County - southeast corner
*Sandy Township, Tuscarawas County - south
*Lawrence Township, Tuscarawas County - southwest
*Bethlehem Township - west
*Perry Township - northwest corner

The village of East Sparta is located in southeastern 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.piketownship.com Township website]
* [http://www.co.stark.oh.us County website]