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Pike Township, Knox County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Field	Value
official_name	Pike Township, Knox County, Ohio
settlement_type	Township
image_skyline	North Liberty Road in Pike Township.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	Houses along North Liberty Road
image_map	Map of Knox County, Ohio highlighting Pike Township.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Pike Township in Knox County.
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Ohio
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Knox
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	78.9
area_land_km2	78.8
area_water_km2	0.1
area_total_sq_mi	30.5
area_land_sq_mi	30.4
area_water_sq_mi	0.0
population_as_of	2020
population_footnotes
population_total	1656
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	347
elevation_ft	1138
coordinates
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	39-62652
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1086411

Pike Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,656 people in the township.

Geography

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

Worthington Township, Richland County - north
Brown Township - east
Howard Township - southeast corner
Monroe Township - south
Morris Township - southwest
Berlin Township - west
Jefferson Township, Richland County - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Pike Township.

Name and history

Pike Township was established in 1819. It is named for General Zebulon Pike.

It is one of eight Pike Townships 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.

References

"Pike township, Knox 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]].
Norton, Anthony Banning. (1862). "A History of Knox County, Ohio, from 1779 to 1862 Inclusive: Comprising Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes and Incidents of Men Connected with the County from Its First Settlement". R. Nevins, printer.
Graham, Albert Adams. (1881). "History of Knox County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Containing a Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio". A. A. Graham & Company.
(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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