• Source: Salt Creek Township, Wayne County, Ohio

      • Salt Creek Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 4,542 people in the township.


      Demographics


      In 2000, 20.9% of Salt Creek residents identified as being of Pennsylvania German heritage. This was the highest percentage of Pennsylvania Germans of any place in the United States, Pennsylvania included.


      Geography


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

      East Union Township - north
      Sugar Creek Township - northeast corner
      Paint Township - east
      Paint Township, Holmes County - southeast corner
      Salt Creek Township, Holmes County - south
      Prairie Township, Holmes County - southwest corner
      Franklin Township - west
      The village of Fredericksburg is located in southwestern Salt Creek Township.


      Name and history


      It is one of five Salt 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.


      References




      External links


      Wayne County township map
      County website

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