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Pike Township, Fulton County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Pike Township, Fulton County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

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official_namePike Township, Fulton County, Ohio
settlement_typeTownship
image_skylineWinameg Mounds.jpg
imagesize250px
image_captionOne of the Winameg Mounds in the township, built by Hopewellian peoples
image_mapPike Twp Fulton OH.PNG
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map_captionLocation of Pike Township in Fulton County
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameUnited States
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Ohio
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Fulton
unit_prefImperial
area_total_km273.2
area_land_km272.7
area_water_km20.5
population_as_of2020
population_footnotes
population_total1733
population_density_km2auto
timezoneEastern (EST)
utc_offset-5
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coordinates
blank_nameFIPS code
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Pike Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,733.

Geography

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

  • Royalton Township – north
  • Amboy Township – northeast corner
  • Fulton Township – east
  • Swan Creek Township – southeast corner
  • York Township – south
  • Clinton Township – southwest corner
  • Dover Township – west
  • Chesterfield Township – northwest

It is one of only two townships in the county without a border on another county.

The unincorporated community of Winameg is in Pike Township, while Advance lies on the western border, at the junction with Dover and Chesterfield Townships.

Name and history

It is one of eight Pike Townships statewide.

Government

Winameg

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

References

  1. "Pike township, Fulton County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau.
  2. (2007-10-25). "US Board on Geographic Names". [[United States Geological Survey]].
  3. "U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
  4. (2000). "Detailed map of Ohio". [[United States Census Bureau]].
  5. [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24], [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/505.01 §505.01], and [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/507.01 §507.01] of the [[Ohio Revised Code]]. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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