BRUSH CREEK TOWNSHIP, MUSKINGUM COUNTY, OHIO

'Brush Creek Township' is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,375 people in the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

Geography

Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:

★ Wayne Township - northeast

★ Harrison Township - east

★ York Township, Morgan County - south

★ Clay Township - southwest

★ Newton Township - west

★ Springfield Township - northwest
No municipalities are located in Brush Creek Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Brush Creek Townships are located in Adams, Jefferson, and Scioto Counties, plus a Brushcreek Township in Highland 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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

1. Muskingum County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links

★ County website