Valley Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Scioto County

Scioto County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 79,195 people, 30,871 households, and 21,362 families residing in the county. The population density was 129 people per square mile . There were 34,054 housing units at an average density of 56 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 4,256 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Scioto Township, Pike County
  Scioto Township, Pike County, Ohio
  Scioto Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,232 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Seal Township - north...
  
   - north
• Union Township, Pike County
  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:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Jefferson Township
  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:...
  
   - east
• Clay Township
  Clay Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Clay Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,792 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Rush Township
  Rush Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Rush Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,144 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Morgan Township - north...
  
   - southwest
• Morgan Township
  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:...
  
   - west
• Camp Creek Township, Pike County
  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:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Valley Township, although the census-designated place

Census-designated place

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 of Lucasville

Lucasville, Ohio

Lucasville is a census-designated place in Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,588 at the 2000 census. The village of Lucasville was laid out by Captain John Lucas in June 1819 and recorded August 7, 1819. Captain Lucas built the first tavern in the village and kept it until...

 is located in the center of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Valley Township is located in Guernsey County

Valley Township, Guernsey County, Ohio

Valley Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,378 people in the township, 1,939 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

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Valley Township was organized June 4, 1860.

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.