Black Creek Township is one of the fourteen
townships
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
of
Mercer County,
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
, United States. The
2020 census found 611 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Willshire Township, Van Wert County – north
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Liberty Township, Van Wert County – northeast corner
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Dublin Township – east
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Hopewell Township – southeast corner
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Liberty Township – south
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Jefferson Township, Adams County, Indiana
Jefferson Township is one of twelve townships in Adams County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,363, up from 1,089 at the previous census.
According to the "2020 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates", 33.9% of the to ...
– southwest
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Blue Creek Township, Adams County, Indiana
Blue Creek Township is one of twelve townships in Adams County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,540. The majority of the Township, some two thirds, speak an Amish form of Bernese German, a Swiss German dialect, as their mo ...
– northwest
No municipalities are located in Black Creek Township.
Name and history
Black Creek Township was organized in 1834. It is the only Black Creek Township 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 fiscal officer,
§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments of the G ...
. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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
External links
County website
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Townships in Mercer County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio