Pike Township, Clark County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Pike Township, Clark County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Clark

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area_total_km2 = 95.7
area_land_km2 = 95.7
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 37.0
area_land_sq_mi = 37.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3891
population_density_km2 = 40.6
population_density_sq_mi = 105.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 333
elevation_ft = 1093
latd = 39 |latm = 59 |lats = 19 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 59 |longs = 21 |longEW = W

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Pike Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,891 people in the township, 3,521 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39023 Clark County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Jackson Township, Champaign County - north
*Mad River Township, Champaign County - northeast corner
*German Township - east
*Bethel Township - south
*Bethel Township, Miami County - southwest
*Elizabeth Township, Miami County - west
*Lost Creek Township, Miami County - northwest corner

Two incorporated villages are located in Pike Township: part of New Carlisle in the southwest, and North Hampton in the east.

Name and history

It is one of eight Pike 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.clarkcountyohio.gov County website]