Scioto Township, Pickaway County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Scioto Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Pickaway County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 116.6
area_land_km2 = 115.2
area_water_km2 = 1.4
area_total_sq_mi = 45.0
area_land_sq_mi = 44.5
area_water_sq_mi = 0.5

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 9165
population_density_km2 = 79.5
population_density_sq_mi = 206.0

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 259
elevation_ft = 850
latd = 39 |latm = 45 |lats = 59 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 4 |longs = 8 |longEW = W

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Scioto Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,165 people in the township, 8,120 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39129 Pickaway 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:
*Jackson Township, Franklin County - north
*Hamilton Township, Franklin County - northeast
*Harrison Township - east
*Jackson Township - south
*Muhlenberg Township - southwest
*Darby Township - west
*Pleasant Township, Franklin County - northwest

Two villages are located in Scioto Township: Commercial Point in the center, and Orient in the northwest.

Name and history

It is one of five Scioto 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.pickaway.com County website]