Scott Township, Adams County, Ohio
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|postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 39-71052 |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 1085684 |website = |footnotes = }} Scott Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,053 people in the township, 1,014 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.»Adams County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Jackson Township, Highland County - north
- Bratton Township - northeast
- Meigs Township - east
- Oliver Township - southeast
- Wayne Township - southwest
- Winchester Township - west
- Concord Township, Highland County - northwest
Most of the village of Seaman is located in southwestern Scott Township.
Name and history
Statewide, other Scott Townships are located in Brown, Marion, and Sandusky Counties.
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,»Â§503.24, »Â§505.01, and »Â§507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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.