- Source: Scioto Township, Pike County, Ohio
- Scioto Township, Pike County, Ohio
- Scioto County, Ohio
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Scioto Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,061 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
Seal Township - north
Union Township - east
Jefferson Township, Scioto County - southeast corner
Valley Township, Scioto County - south
Morgan Township, Scioto County - southwest corner
Camp Creek Township - west
Newton Township - northwest
No municipalities are located in Scioto Township, although the unincorporated community of Wakefield lies in the southwestern part of the township.
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.
References
External links
Pike County visitors bureau website