Rushcreek Township, Logan County, Ohio

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official_name = Rushcreek Township, Logan County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Rushcreek Township is hillier than Logan County's more westerly townships


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map_caption = Location of Rushcreek Township in Ohio


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map_caption1 = Municipalities and townships of Logan County

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

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area_total_km2 = 127.6
area_land_km2 = 127.4
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 49.2
area_land_sq_mi = 49.2
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2191
population_density_km2 = 17.2
population_density_sq_mi = 44.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
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elevation_m = 337
elevation_ft = 1106
latd = 40 |latm = 27 |lats = 42 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 40 |longs = 11 |longEW = W

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area_code = 937
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Rushcreek Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,191 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39091 Logan County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 12 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Taylor Creek Township, Hardin County - north
*Bokes Creek Township - east
*Perry Township - southeast
*Jefferson Township - south
*Lake Township - southwest
*McArthur Township - west
*Richland Township - northwest

The village of Rushsylvania is located in central Rushcreek Township.

Name and history

It is the only Rushcreek Township statewide, although there are Rush Townships in Champaign, Scioto, and Tuscarawas Counties, and a Rush Creek Township in Fairfield County.

Rushcreek Township was formed in 1827 from Jefferson Township.fact|date=July 2007

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, 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.

In the elections of November 2007, Rick Kennedy defeated Michael Stolly in the election for the position of township trustee. [Examiner Staff, The. "Township Trustees: Township trustee results", "Bellefontaine Examiner", 2007-11-07, p. 2.] , while J. Andrew Johnson was elected without opposition to the position of township fiscal officer. [Examiner Staff, The. "Township Trustees: Township fiscal officer", "Bellefontaine Examiner", 2007-11-07, p. 2.]

Transportation

U.S. Route 68 is the most important highway in Rushcreek Township. Other significant highways include State Routes 47, 273, and 274.

References

External links

* [http://www.co.logan.oh.us County website]
* [http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/geosurvey/pdf/cotwpmap.pdf County & Township Map of Ohio] (PDF object)
* [http://www.co.logan.oh.us/html/county_map_-_large.html Detailed Logan County map]