Millcreek Township with a land size of 21.5 square miles is one of the fourteen
townships
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of
Union County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2010 census found 1,305 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Dover Township - north
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Scioto Township, Delaware County - northeast
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Concord Township, Delaware County - east
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Jerome Township - south
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Darby Township - southwest
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Paris Township - northwest
A small part of the city of
Marysville, the
county seat
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of Union County, is located in western Millcreek Township.
Name and history
Millcreek Township was organized in the early 1820s, and named after
Mill Creek. It is the only Millcreek Township remaining statewide, after the abolition of
the one in Hamilton County, although there are Mill Creek Townships in
Coshocton and
Williams 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 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
Township websiteCounty website
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Townships in Union County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio