Valley Township, Scioto County, Ohio

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Valley Township, Scioto County, Ohio
Township
Lucasville, Ohio Cemetery Arch.jpg
Lucasville cemetery
Map of Scioto County Ohio Highlighting Valley Township.png
Location of Valley Township in Scioto County
Coordinates: 38°53′14″N82°59′19″W / 38.88722°N 82.98861°W / 38.88722; -82.98861
Country United States
State Ohio
County Scioto
Area
 • Total25.2 sq mi (65.2 km2)
 • Land24.7 sq mi (64.0 km2)
 • Water0.5 sq mi (1.2 km2)
Elevation
[1]
636 ft (194 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
 • Total3,635
 • Density147.2/sq mi (56.8/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code 39-79170 [3]
GNIS feature ID1086937 [1]

Valley Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census counted 3,635 people in the township.

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Geography

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

No municipalities are located in Valley Township, although the census-designated place of Lucasville is located in the center of the township.

Name and history

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

Valley Township was organized June 4, 1860. [4] The township was named for the valley of the Scioto River. [5]

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, [6] 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.

Ohio Department of Corrections Southern Ohio Correctional Facility is partly in the township. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Valley township, Scioto County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Portsmouth Area Resource Guide, 2007-2008". The Community Common. July 29, 2007. p. 6.
  5. ↑ Bannon, Henry Towne (1927). Stories Old and Often Told, Being Chronicles of Scioto County, Ohio. Baltimore: Waverly Press. p. 275.
  6. ↑ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
  7. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Valley township, OH" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 3 (PDF p. 4/4). Retrieved August 1, 2022. Southern Ohio Corr Facility
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