Deer Creek Township, Madison County, Ohio Explained

Official Name:Deer Creek Township, Madison County, Ohio
Settlement Type:Township
Mapsize:250px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Ohio
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Madison
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:80.2
Area Land Km2:80.1
Area Water Km2:0.1
Area Total Sq Mi:31.0
Area Land Sq Mi:30.9
Area Water Sq Mi:0.0
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:967
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:308
Elevation Ft:1010
Coordinates:39.9364°N -83.4033°W
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:39-21154[3]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:1086542

Deer Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 967 people in the township.

Geography

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

Part of the city of London, the county seat of Madison County, is located in Deer Creek Township.

Name and history

As of 1854, the population of the township was 583,[4] 894 in 1890, 882 in 1900, and 883 in 1910.[5] Statewide, the only other Deer Creek Township is located in Pickaway 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,[6] 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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Deer Creek township, Madison County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile . United States Census Bureau . 19 July 2023.
  2. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. 2008-01-31. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25.
  3. Web site: U.S. Census website . . 2008-01-31 .
  4. Thomas Baldwin & J. Thomas, A new and complete gazetteer of the United States, Lippincott, Grambo & Co, 1854, Pg. 312
  5. Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth census of the United States taken in the year 1910, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1913, Pg. 584.
  6. http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24