Monday Creek Township, Perry County, Ohio

Monday Creek Township, Ohio
—  Township  —
Municipalities and townships of Perry County.
Coordinates: 39°37′25″N 82°19′21″W / 39.62361°N 82.3225°W / 39.62361; -82.3225Coordinates: 39°37′25″N 82°19′21″W / 39.62361°N 82.3225°W / 39.62361; -82.3225
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Perry
Area
– Total	25.3 sq mi (65.6 km2)
– Land	25.3 sq mi (65.5 km2)
– Water	0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation[1]	846 ft (258 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	671
– Density	26.5/sq mi (10.2/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-51198[2]
GNIS feature ID	1086785[1]

Monday Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 671 people in the township.^[3]

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Jackson Township - north
• Pike Township - northeast corner
• Salt Lick Township - east
• Coal Township - southeast
• Falls Township, Hocking County (northeastern portion) - south
• Marion Township, Hocking County - west
• Rush Creek Township, Fairfield County - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Monday Creek Township.

Name and history

It is the only Monday Creek Township statewide.^[4]

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 fiscal officer,^[5] 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 fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ Perry County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
4. ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-16. 
5. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

• County website