Scioto Township, Ross County, Ohio

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


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

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area_total_km2 = 106.1
area_land_km2 = 102.4
area_water_km2 = 3.6
area_total_sq_mi = 41.0
area_land_sq_mi = 39.6
area_water_sq_mi = 1.4

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 27735
population_density_km2 = 270.7
population_density_sq_mi = 701.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 218
elevation_ft = 715
latd = 39 |latm = 19 |lats = 51 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 58 |longs = 58 |longEW = W

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Scioto Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 27,735 people in the township, 5,940 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39141 Ross County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Springfield Township - northeast
*Liberty Township - southeast
*Franklin Township - south
*Huntington Township - southwest
*Twin Township - west
*Union Township - northwest

Much of central Scioto County is occupied by the city of Chillicothe, the county seat of Ross County, while some of the area that remains is occupied by the census-designated place of North Fork Village.

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://co.ross.oh.us County website]