BRUSHCREEK TOWNSHIP, HIGHLAND COUNTY, OHIO

Municipalities and townships of Highland County.

'Brushcreek Township' is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,308 people in the township, 1,150 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[1]

Contents
Geography
Name and history
Government
References
External links

Geography


Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

★ Paint Township - north

★ Perry Township, Pike County - northeast

★ Mifflin Township, Pike County - east

★ Franklin Township, Adams County - southeast coner

★ Bratton Township, Adams County - south

★ Jackson Township - southwest

★ Marshall Township - northwest
The village of Sinking Spring is located in southeastern Brushcreek Township.

Name and history


It is the only Brushcreek Township statewide, although Brush Creek Townships are located in Adams, Muskingum, and Scioto 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 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. Highland County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links



★ County website

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