Sugar Creek Township is one of the fifteen
townships
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of
Putnam County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 1,181 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Union Township - north
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Pleasant Township - northeast
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Monroe Township, Allen County - southeast
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Sugar Creek Township, Allen County - south
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Marion Township, Allen County - southwest corner
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Jennings Township - west
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Jackson Township - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Sugar Creek Township, although the
unincorporated communities of
Rimer and
Vaughnsville lie in the township: Rimer in the west, and Vaughnsville in the south.
Name and history
Sugar Creek Township was organized in the 1830s, and named after the
Sugar Creek which flows through it. Statewide, four other
Sugar Creek Townships are located in
Allen,
Stark,
Tuscarawas, and
Wayne counties, plus a
Sugarcreek Township in
Greene 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,
§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' (ORC) 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 o ...
. 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 Putnam County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio