Sugar Creek Township, Stark County, Ohio Explained

Official Name:Sugar Creek Township
Settlement Type:Civil township
Mapsize:250px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Ohio
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Stark
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:87.9
Area Land Km2:87.7
Area Water Km2:0.2
Area Total Sq Mi:33.9
Area Land Sq Mi:33.9
Area Water Sq Mi:0.1
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:6547
Population Density Km2:74.7
Population Density Sq Mi:193.1
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:298
Elevation Ft:978
Coordinates:40.6894°N -81.5922°W
Postal Code Type:Zip code
Postal Code:44662, 44613
Area Code:330
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:39-75208[3]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:1086990

Sugar Creek Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 6,547 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

The most southerly township in the county, it is the only township in the county that borders Holmes County.

Three villages are located in Sugar Creek Township:

Name and history

Named for its Sugar Creek,[4] it is one of five Sugar Creek Townships statewide.[5]

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: Sugar Creek township, Stark County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile . United States Census Bureau . 23 August 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. United States Census Bureau. 2008-01-31.
  4. Book: Lehman, John H.. A Standard History of Stark County, Ohio: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Civic and Social Development . 1916. Lewis Publishing Company. 75.
  5. Web site: Detailed map of Ohio. United States Census Bureau. 2000. PDF. 2007-02-16.
  6. http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24