Country United States County Stark FIPS code 39-75208 Elevation 298 m Local time Thursday 2:28 PM | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086990 Population 6,740 (2000) | |
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Weather 12°C, Wind E at 21 km/h, 68% Humidity Area 87.8 km² (87.8 km² Land / 26 ha Water) | ||
Sugar Creek Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,740 people in the township, 2,944 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Sugar Creek Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
The most southerly township in the county, it is the only township in the county that borders Holmes County.
Three villages are located in Sugar Creek Township:
Name and history
Named for its Sugar Creek, it is one of five Sugar Creek 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.