Brushcreek Township, Highland County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Brushcreek Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Highland County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 112.3
area_land_km2 = 112.1
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 43.3
area_land_sq_mi = 43.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1308
population_density_km2 = 11.7
population_density_sq_mi = 30.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 266
elevation_ft = 873
latd = 39 |latm = 6 |lats = 21 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 25 |longs = 30 |longEW = W

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Brushcreek Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,308 people in the township, 1,150 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39071 Highland County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Paint Township - north
*Perry Township, Pike County - northeast
*Mifflin Township, Pike County - east
*Franklin Township, Adams County - southeast coner
*Bratton Township, Adams County - south
*Jackson Township - southwest
*Marshall Township - northwest

The village of Sinking Spring is located in southeastern Brushcreek Township.

Name and history

It is the only Brushcreek Township statewide, although Brush Creek Townships are located in Adams, Muskingum, and Scioto Counties.

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.highlandcountyohio.com County website]