Beavercreek Township is one of the twelve
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
of
Greene County,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census the township population was 56,026.
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:
*
Bath Township and Fairborn- north
*
Xenia Township and Xenia City - east
*
Spring Valley Township - southeast
*
Sugarcreek Township - south
*
Kettering
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- southwest
*
Riverside - northwest
Several populated places are located in Beavercreek Township:
*Most of the city of
Beavercreek, in the west
*Part of the city of
Fairborn
Fairborn is a city in Greene County, Ohio, United States. The population was 34,620 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of Dayton, Ohio, Dayton and part of the Dayton metropolitan area. The city is home to Wright State University, which serves nea ...
, in the north
*Part of the city of
Xenia
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People
* Xenia (name), a feminine given name; includes a list of people with this name
Places United States
''listed alphabetically by state''
* Xenia, Illinois, a village in Clay County
** Xenia Township, Clay County, Il ...
, in the southeast
*Part of
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) is a United States Air Force base and census-designated place just east of Dayton, Ohio, in Greene County, Ohio, Greene and Montgomery County, Ohio, Montgomery counties. It includes both Wright and Patte ...
, a
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
, in the northwest
*
Trebein, an
unincorporated community
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, in the southeast
*Small unincorporated parts of
New Germany, in the northwest
Name and history
Beavercreek Township was established in 1803 at a meeting in a log house on Beaver Creek.
It is the only Beavercreek 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, 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 office or on the board of trustees are filled by statutory process.
Education
Beavercreek Township is home t
Ohio University Russ Research Centeran
Clark State's Greene Centerand is in close proximity to
Antioch College
Antioch College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1850 by the Christian Connection and began operating in 1852 as a non-secta ...
,
Cedarville University
Cedarville University is a private Baptist university in Cedarville, Ohio. It is chartered by the state of Ohio, approved by the Ohio Board of Regents, and accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
Established in 1887, the school was origi ...
,
Central State University
Central State University (CSU) is a public, historically black land-grant university in Wilberforce, Ohio, United States. It is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
Established by the state legislature in 1887 as a two-y ...
,
University of Dayton
The University of Dayton (UD) is a Private university, private, Catholic research university in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1850 by the Society of Mary (Marianists), Society of Mary, it is one of three Marianist universities in the U ...
,
Wilberforce University
Wilberforce University (WU) is a private university in Wilberforce, Ohio. It is one of three historically black universities established before the American Civil War. Founded in 1856 by the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC), it is named after ...
, and
Wright State University
Wright State University is a public research university in Fairborn, Ohio, United States. Originally opened in 1964 as a branch campus of Miami University and Ohio State University, it became an independent institution in 1967 and was named in ...
.
Beavercreek City School District
Beavercreek City School District is located in Beavercreek, Ohio, southeast of Dayton. The district contains 1 high school, 2 middle schools, 1 preschool, and 6 elementary school
A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom ...
consists of one middle school, part of the $84 million bond issue passed on November 4, 2008, to be used to build an elementary and middle school and renovate buildings district-wide.
References
External links
Beavercreek Township official websiteCounty website
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Townships in Greene County, Ohio
1803 establishments in Ohio
Townships in Ohio