Brush Creek Township, Scioto County, Ohio

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official_name = Brush Creek Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Scioto County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 130.9
area_land_km2 = 130.9
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 50.6
area_land_sq_mi = 50.6
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1149
population_density_km2 = 8.8
population_density_sq_mi = 22.7

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 224
elevation_ft = 735
latd = 38 |latm = 50 |lats = 24 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 13 |longs = 22 |longEW = W

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Brush Creek Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,149 people in the township, 1,063 of whom lived in the unincorporated parts of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=390145 Scioto County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Rarden Township - north
*Morgan Township - northeast
*Union Township - east
*Nile Township - south
*Jefferson Township, Adams County - west
*Meigs Township, Adams County - northwest

The village of Otway lies in the township's northeast.

Name and history

Statewide, other Brush Creek Townships are located in Adams, Highland, Jefferson, and Muskingum Counties.

Brush Creek Township was organized in 1820. Its earliest inhabitants date to before 1800.cite news|title=Portsmouth Area Resource Guide, 2007-2008|publisher="The Community Common"|page=6|date=2007-07-29|accessdate=2007-07-29]

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.

Education

Brush Creek Township residents are served by the Northwest Local School District and Northwest High School

References

External links

* [http://www.sciotocountyohio.com County website]
* [http://www.northwest.k12.oh.us Northwest Local School District]