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Pike Township, Coshocton County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Field	Value
official_name	Pike Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
settlement_type	Township
image_skyline	Pike Township fields and power line.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	Along State Route 79 in the township's far west
image_map	Map of Coshocton County Ohio Highlighting Pike Township.png
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Pike Township in Coshocton County
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Ohio
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Coshocton
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	63.6
area_land_km2	63.6
area_water_km2	0.0
population_as_of	2020
population_footnotes
population_total	689
population_density_km2	auto
population_density_sq_mi	auto
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	306
elevation_ft	1004
coordinates
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	39-62624
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1085926

Pike Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 689.

Geography

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

Perry Township - north
Bedford Township - northeast
Washington Township - east
Cass Township, Muskingum County - southeast corner
Jackson Township, Muskingum County - south
Perry Township, Licking County - southwest
Fallsbury Township, Licking County - west

No municipalities are located in Pike Township, although the unincorporated community of West Carlisle lies in the township's northeast.

Topographical features in Pike Township include the Ashcraft and Graham Ridges.

Name and history

It is one of eight Pike Townships statewide.

Pike Township was organized in August, 1818.

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.

References

"Pike township, Coshocton 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]].
[[DeLorme]]. (2004). ''Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer''. [[Yarmouth, Maine]]: DeLorme, p. 60. {{ISBN. 0-89933-281-1.
(2000). "Detailed map of Ohio". [[United States Census Bureau]].
Graham, Albert Adams. (1881). "History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881". A. A. Graham.
[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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