Sugar Creek Township, Stark County, Ohio

Sugar Creek Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 6,547 people in the township.

Sugar Creek Township
Civil township
Emanuel and Frederick Serquet Farmhouse
Location of Sugar Creek Township in Stark County
Coordinates: 40°41′22″N 81°35′32″W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Stark
Area
• Total	33.9 sq mi (87.9 km2)
• Land	33.9 sq mi (87.7 km2)
• Water	0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Elevation [1]	978 ft (298 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	6,547
• Density	193.1/sq mi (74.7/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Zip code	44662, 44613
Area code	330
FIPS code	39-75208[3]
GNIS feature ID	1086990[1]

Geography

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

• Tuscarawas Township - north
• Perry Township - northeast corner
• Bethlehem Township - east
• Franklin Township, Tuscarawas County - southeast
• Wayne Township, Tuscarawas County - south
• Paint Township, Holmes County - southwest
• Paint Township, Wayne County - west
• Sugar Creek Township, Wayne County - 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 in the southeast
• Brewster in the north
• Wilmot in the southwest

Name and history

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1820	492		—
1830	1,263		156.7%
1840	1,862		47.4%
1850	1,743		−6.4%
1860	1,800		3.3%
1870	1,779		−1.2%
1880	2,285		28.4%
1890	2,782		21.8%
1900	2,554		−8.2%
1910	3,073		20.3%
1920	3,821		24.3%
1930	4,425		15.8%
1940	4,681		5.8%
1950	5,056		8.0%
1960	5,802		14.8%
1970	6,132		5.7%
1990	6,489		—
2000	6,740		3.9%
[4]

Named for its Sugar Creek,^[5] it is one of five Sugar Creek Townships statewide.^[6]

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,^[7] 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

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. "Sugar Creek township, Stark County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. census data: 1820 : 1820 page 137, 1830 : Kilbourn, John (1831). The Ohio gazetteer: or, Topographical dictionary: describing the several ... in the State of Ohio. self. p. 332., 1840, 1880 : Howe, Henry (1907). Historical Collections of Ohio, The Ohio Centennial Edition. The State of Ohio. p. 285., 1850, 1860, 1870 : 1870 page 35, 1890, 1900 : Hunt, William C. (1901). Population of the United States by states and territories, counties, and minor Civil Divisions, as returned at the Twelfth Census: 1900. United States Census Printing Office. p. 318., 1910, 1920, 1930 : 1930 page 56, 1940, 1950 : 1950 page 21, 1960, 1970 : 1970 page 135, 1990 : 1990, 2000 : 2000
5. Lehman, John H. (1916). A Standard History of Stark County, Ohio: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Civic and Social Development. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 75.
6. "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
7. §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

• County website