Millcreek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,332 people in the township.
Millcreek Township, Union County, Ohio | |
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 Farmland along U.S. Route 33 | |
 Location of Millcreek Township in Union County | |
| Coordinates: 40°13′18″N 83°15′1″W / 40.22167°N 83.25028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Union |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21.6 sq mi (55.9 km2) |
| • Land | 21.5 sq mi (55.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 974 ft (297 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,332 |
| • Density | 62.0/sq mi (23.9/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| FIPS code | 39-50288[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1087081[1] |
Geography
editLocated in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Dover Township - north
- Scioto Township, Delaware County - northeast
- Concord Township, Delaware County - east
- Jerome Township - south
- Darby Township - southwest
- Paris Township - northwest
A small part of the city of Marysville, the county seat of Union County, is located in western Millcreek Township.
Name and history
editMillcreek Township was organized in the early 1820s, and named after Mill Creek.[4] 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
editThe 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,[5] 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
edit- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Millcreek township, Union County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Durant, Pliny A. (1883). The History of Union County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, towns ... Chicago: Beers, W. H., & co. p. 328.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.