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Nile Township, Scioto County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Field	Value
official_name	Nile Township
settlement_type	Township
image_skyline	Shawnee State Park Trail.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	Woods at Shawnee State Park
image_map	Map of Scioto County Ohio Highlighting Nile Township.png
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Nile Township in Scioto County
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Ohio
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Scioto
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	224.3
area_land_km2	222.6
area_water_km2	1.7
area_total_sq_mi	86.6
area_land_sq_mi	85.9
area_water_sq_mi	0.7
population_as_of	[2020](2020-united-states-census)
population_footnotes
population_total	2350
population_density_km2	10.6
population_density_sq_mi	27.4
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	269
elevation_ft	883
coordinates
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	39-55902
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1086931

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Nile Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,350 people in the township.

Geography

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

Brush Creek Township - north
Union Township - northeast
Washington Township - east
Green Township, Adams County - west
Jefferson Township, Adams County - northwest Lewis County, Kentucky lies across the Ohio River to the south.

No municipalities are located in Nile Township, although the census-designated place of Friendship lies in the township's boundaries.

Shawnee State Forest covers much of Nile Township as well as neighboring Washington Township.

It has the greatest area of any township in the county.

Name and history

Nile Township was organized August 9, 1803. The township takes its name from the Nile river in Egypt. It is the only Nile Township 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.

Education

Township residents are served by the Washington-Nile Local School District.

References

"Nile township, Scioto County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau.
(2007-10-25). "US Board on Geographic Names". [[United States Geological Survey]].
"U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(2007-07-29). "Portsmouth Area Resource Guide, 2007-2008". The Community Common.
Bannon, Henry Towne. (1927). "Stories Old and Often Told, Being Chronicles of Scioto County, Ohio". Waverly Press.
(2000). "Detailed map of Ohio". [[United States Census Bureau]].
[http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24], [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/505.01 §505.01], and [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/507.01 §507.01] of the [[Ohio Revised Code]]. Accessed 4/30/2009.

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