Sugar Creek Township is one of the seventeen townships

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 of Stark County

Stark County, Ohio

Stark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 375,586. It is included in the Canton-Massillon, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area....

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 6,740 people in the township, 2,944 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Tuscarawas Township - north
• Perry Township
  Perry Township, Stark County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. It is an urban township; the 2000 census found 29,167 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Bethlehem Township
  Bethlehem Township, Stark County, Ohio
  Bethlehem Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,650 people in the township, 4,210 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Franklin Township, Tuscarawas County
  Franklin Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,244 people in the township, 1,934 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Wayne Township, Tuscarawas County
  Wayne Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,743 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Paint Township, Holmes County
  Paint Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Paint Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,547 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Paint Township, Wayne County
  Paint Township, Wayne County, Ohio
  Paint Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,823 people in the township, 2,577 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Sugar Creek Township, Wayne County
  Sugar Creek Township, Wayne County, Ohio
  Sugar Creek Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,502 people in the township, 4,897 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

The most southerly township in the county, it is the only township in the county that borders Holmes County.

Three villages are located in Sugar Creek Township:

• Beach City
  Beach City, Ohio
  Beach City is a village in Stark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,137 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Canton–Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Beach City is located at , along Sugar Creek....
  
   in the southeast
• Brewster
  Brewster, Ohio
  Brewster is a village in Stark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,324 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Canton–Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Brewster is located at , along Sugar Creek....
  
   in the north
• Wilmot
  Wilmot, Ohio
  Wilmot is a village in Stark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 335 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Canton–Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Wilmot is located at ....
  
   in the southwest

Name and history

It is one of five Sugar Creek Townships statewide

Sugar Creek Township, Ohio

Sugar Creek Township, Ohio may refer to:*Sugar Creek Township, Allen County, Ohio*Sugar Creek Township, Putnam County, Ohio*Sugar Creek Township, Stark County, Ohio*Sugar Creek Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio*Sugar Creek Township, Wayne County, Ohio...

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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.