TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP, SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO

'Turtle Creek Township' is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,583 people in the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

Geography

Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:

★ Van Buren Township - north

★ Franklin Township - northeast

★ Clinton Township - southeast

★ Washington Township - south

★ Cynthian Township - southwest

★ McLean Township - northwest
A small portion of the city of Sidney, the county seat of Shelby County, is located in southeastern Turtle Creek Township.

Name and history

It is the only Turtle Creek Township statewide, although there is a Turtlecreek Township in Warren 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. Shelby County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links

★ County website