Green Creek Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Sandusky County

Sandusky County, Ohio

Sandusky County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 60,944. Its county seat is Fremont and it is named for a native word meaning "water" ....

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. As of the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

, 9,527 people lived in the township, 3,467 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Riley Township
  Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Riley Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 1,302 people lived in the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Townsend Township
  Townsend Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Townsend Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 1,670 people lived in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• York Township
  York Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  York Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 2,512 people lived in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Thompson Township, Seneca County
  Thompson Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Thompson Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,422 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Adams Township, Seneca County
  Adams Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Adams Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,337 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Pleasant Township, Seneca County
  Pleasant Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Pleasant Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,685 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Ballville Township
  Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Ballville Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 6,395 people lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Sandusky Township
  Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Sandusky Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 4,087 people lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

Most of the city of Clyde

Clyde, Ohio

Clyde is a city in Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. The population was 6,064 at the 2000 census. The National Arbor Day Foundation has designated Clyde as a Tree City USA....

 is located in eastern Green Creek Township, and part of the village of Green Springs

Green Springs, Ohio

Green Springs is a village in Sandusky and Seneca counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 1,247 at the 2000 census.Its "claim to fame" is Mineral Springs, the largest natural sulfur spring in the world. St. Francis Health Care Centre is located there.-History:The Green Springs area...

 lies in the township's southwest.

Name and history

Named after Green Creek

Green Creek

Green Creek is a tributary to the Sandusky River in the northern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. It connects Mineral Springs at the village of Green Springs to the Sandusky River....

, which runs through the area, it is the only Green Creek 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.