Pike Township, Perry County, Ohio

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official_name = Pike Township, Perry County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Perry County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 84.4
area_land_km2 = 82.8
area_water_km2 = 1.6
area_total_sq_mi = 32.6
area_land_sq_mi = 32.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.6

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 6595
population_density_km2 = 79.6
population_density_sq_mi = 206.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 284
elevation_ft = 932
latd = 39 |latm = 42 |lats = 22 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 12 |longs = 10 |longEW = W

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Pike Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,595 people in the township, 1,906 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39127 Perry County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Clayton Township - north
*Harrison Township - northeast
*Bearfield Township - east
*Pleasant Township - southeast
*Salt Lick Township - south
*Monday Creek Township - southwest corner
*Jackson Township - west
*Reading Township - northwest corner

The city of New Lexington, the county seat of and only city in Perry County, is located in northern Pike Township, and the unincorporated community of Bristol lies in the township's south.

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.perrycountyohiocofc.com County website]