Mill Creek Township, Coshocton County, Ohio

Mill Creek Township, Ohio
—  Township  —
Municipalities and townships of Coshocton County.
Coordinates: 40°24′38″N 81°51′32″W / 40.41056°N 81.85889°W / 40.41056; -81.85889Coordinates: 40°24′38″N 81°51′32″W / 40.41056°N 81.85889°W / 40.41056; -81.85889
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Coshocton
Area
– Total	23.7 sq mi (61.3 km2)
– Land	23.7 sq mi (61.3 km2)
– Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation[1]	889 ft (271 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	747
– Density	31.5/sq mi (12.2/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-50274[2]
GNIS feature ID	1085921[1]

Mill Creek Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 747 people in the township.^[3]

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Mechanic Township, Holmes County - north
• Clark Township, Holmes County - northeast corner
• Crawford Township - east
• White Eyes Township - southeast corner
• Keene Township - south
• Bethlehem Township - southwest corner
• Clark Township - west

No municipalities are located in Mill Creek Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Mill Creek Township is located in Williams County.

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,^[4] 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.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ Coshocton County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
4. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

• County website