• Source: Sugar Creek Township, Stark County, Ohio

    • Sugar Creek Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 6,547 people in the township.


    Geography


    Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

    Tuscarawas Township - north
    Perry Township - northeast corner
    Bethlehem Township - east
    Franklin Township, Tuscarawas County - southeast
    Wayne Township, Tuscarawas County - south
    Paint Township, Holmes County - southwest
    Paint Township, Wayne County - west
    Sugar Creek Township, Wayne County - northwest
    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:

    Beach City in the southeast
    Brewster in the north
    Wilmot in the southwest


    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.


    References




    External links


    County website

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