Salt Creek Township, Hocking County, Ohio
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Salt Creek Township is one of the eleven townships
Civil township
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 of Hocking County
Hocking County, Ohio
Hocking County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of 2010, the population was 29,380. Its county seat is Logan. Its name is from the Hocking River, the origins of which are disputed but is said to be a Delaware Indian word meaning "bottle river".-Geography:According to the...

, Ohio
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. The 2000 census
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 found 1,260 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
  • Perry Township
    Perry Township, Hocking County, Ohio
    Perry Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,554 people in the township, 2,021 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - north
  • Laurel Township
    Laurel Township, Hocking County, Ohio
    Laurel Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,190 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Good Hope Township - north...

     - northeast corner
  • Benton Township
    Benton Township, Hocking County, Ohio
    Benton Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 814 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Laurel Township - north...

     - east
  • Jackson Township, Vinton County
    Jackson Township, Vinton County, Ohio
    Jackson Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 714 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - southeast
  • Eagle Township, Vinton County
    Eagle Township, Vinton County, Ohio
    Eagle Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 412 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - south
  • Harrison Township, Ross County
    Harrison Township, Ross County, Ohio
    Harrison Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,293 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - southwest
  • Colerain Township, Ross County
    Colerain Township, Ross County, Ohio
    Colerain Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,943 people in the township, 1,572 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - west
  • Salt Creek Township, Pickaway County - northwest corner


It is the most southerly township in Hocking County.

No municipalities are located in Salt Creek 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.
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