Country United States County Union FIPS code 39-50288 Elevation 297 m Local time Wednesday 1:59 PM | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1087081 Area 55.9 km² Population 1,261 (2000) | |
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Weather 1°C, Wind NE at 19 km/h, 53% Humidity | ||
Millcreek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,261 people in the township, 1,252 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Millcreek Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
A small part of the city of Marysville, the county seat of Union County, is located in western Millcreek Township.
Name and history
Millcreek Township was organized in the early 1820s, and named after Mill Creek. It is the only Millcreek Township statewide, although there are Mill Creek Townships in Coshocton and Williams 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 fiscal officer, 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.