Country United States County Pickaway FIPS code 39-70870 Elevation 259 m Local time Friday 4:55 PM | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086803 Population 9,165 (2000) | |
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Weather 23°C, Wind SW at 29 km/h, 49% Humidity Area 116.5 km² (115.3 km² Land / 129 ha Water) | ||
Scioto Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,165 people in the township, 8,120 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Scioto Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
Two villages are located in Scioto Township: Commercial Point in the center, and Orient in the northwest.
Name and history
It is one of five Scioto Townships 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.