Salt Creek Township, Hocking County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Salt Creek Township, Hocking County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Hocking County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 109.1
area_land_km2 = 109.1
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 42.1
area_land_sq_mi = 42.1
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1260
population_density_km2 = 11.5
population_density_sq_mi = 29.9

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 322
elevation_ft = 1056
latd = 39 |latm = 26 |lats = 1 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 41 |longs = 40 |longEW = W

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Salt Creek Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,260 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39073 Hocking County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Perry Township - north
*Laurel Township - northeast corner
*Benton Township - east
*Jackson Township, Vinton County - southeast
*Eagle Township, Vinton County - south
*Harrison Township, Ross County - southwest
*Colerain Township, Ross County - west
*Salt Creek Township, Pickaway County - northwest corner

It is the most southerly township in Hocking County.

No municipalities are located in Salt Creek Township.

Name and history

It is one of five Salt Creek 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.co.hocking.oh.us County website]