Blue Rock Township is one of the twenty-five townships

Civil township

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 of Muskingum County

Muskingum County, Ohio

Muskingum County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 86,074. Its county seat is Zanesville...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 641 people in the township.

Geography

Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Salt Creek Township
  Salt Creek Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Salt Creek Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,113 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Rich Hill Township
  Rich Hill Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Rich Hill Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 385 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the eastern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Meigs Township
  Meigs Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Meigs Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 173 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Bristol Township, Morgan County
  Bristol Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Bristol Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 207 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Bloom Township, Morgan County
  Bloom Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Bloom Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,015 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Harrison Township
  Harrison Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Harrison Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,638 people in the township, 869 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Wayne Township
  Wayne Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,455 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the south central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Brush Creek Township, although the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Blue Rock

Blue Rock, Ohio

Blue Rock is an unincorporated community in western Blue Rock Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43720. It lies along the Muskingum River at the intersection of State Routes 60 and 376.-References:...

lies in the western part of the township.

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.