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Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, Ohio

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Pickaway

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

State
  
Ohio

Elevation
  
764 ft (233 m)

FIPS code
  
39-62484

Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, Ohio

Pickaway Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,851 people in the township.

Contents

Map of Pickaway County, OH, USA

Geography

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

  • Circleville Township - north, west of Washington Township
  • Washington Township - north, east of Circleville Township
  • Clearcreek Township, Fairfield County - northeast corner
  • Salt Creek Township - east
  • Colerain Township, Ross County - southeast corner
  • Green Township, Ross County - south
  • Union Township, Ross County - southwest
  • Wayne Township - northwest
  • No municipalities are located in Pickaway Township.

    Name and history

    It is the only Pickaway Township statewide.

    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.

    References

    Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, Ohio Wikipedia