Scioto Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Pike County

Pike County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 27,695 people, 10,444 households, and 7,665 families residing in the county. The population density was 63 people per square mile . There were 11,602 housing units at an average density of 26 per square mile...

, 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 1,232 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Seal Township
  Seal Township, Pike County, Ohio
  Seal Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,983 people in the township, 1,076 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Union Township
  Union Township, Pike County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,240 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Jefferson Township, Scioto County
  Jefferson Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,751 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Valley Township, Scioto County
  Valley Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Valley Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,256 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Morgan Township, Scioto County
  Morgan Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Morgan Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,297 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Camp Creek Township
  Camp Creek Township, Pike County, Ohio
  Camp Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 951 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Newton Township
  Newton Township, Pike County, Ohio
  Newton Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,006 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Pebble Township - north...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Scioto Township, although the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Wakefield

Wakefield, Ohio

Wakefield is an unincorporated community in southwestern Scioto Township, Pike County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it historically had a post office, with the ZIP code of 45687. Although the post office was closed on September 2, 2005, the community retains its ZIP code. ...

lies in the southwestern 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.

External links

• Pike County visitors bureau website