Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Pickaway Township, 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 = 126.9
area_land_km2 = 126.0
area_water_km2 = 0.9
area_total_sq_mi = 49.0
area_land_sq_mi = 48.7
area_water_sq_mi = 0.3

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1851
population_density_km2 = 14.7
population_density_sq_mi = 38.0

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_m = 233
elevation_ft = 764
latd = 39 |latm = 31 |lats = 33 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 55 |longs = 13 |longEW = W

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Pickaway Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,851 people in 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 southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Circleville Township - north, west of Washington Township
*Washington Township - north, east of Circleville Township
*Clearcreek Township, Fairfield County - northeast corner
*Salt Creek Township - east
*Colerain Township, Ross County - southeast corner
*Green Township, Ross County - south
*Union Township, Ross County - southwest
*Wayne Township - northwest

No municipalities are located in Pickaway Township.

Name and history

It is the only Pickaway Township 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]