Clearcreek Township, Warren County, Ohio

Springboro, with unincorporated parts of Clearcreek Township visible in the distance

The two water towers at Five Points, the highest point in Warren County

Clearcreek Township is one of the eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio, United States, located in the north central portion of the county. It had a population of 20,974 in 2000, up from 13,344 in 1990; of this total, 8,747 lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[1] It was originally about forty-two square miles in area. The highest point in the county is in Clearcreek Township, near the community of Five Points. Statewide, the only other Clearcreek Townships are located in Fairfield County and in Ashland County.

History

Clearcreek Township was organized in 1815, and named after its principal stream, Clear Creek.^[2]

Geography

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

Washington Township, Montgomery County - northeast
Wayne Township - east
Turtlecreek Township - south
Franklin Township - west
Miami Township, Montgomery County - northwest

Much of the western portion of the township has been annexed by the city of Springboro.

Communities within Clearcreek Township include Five Points, Pekin, Red Lion, Ridgeville, and Springboro.

Government

Clearcreek Township building in Springboro

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,^[3] 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.

Public services

Most of the township is in the Springboro Community City School District, but a large portion in the south central section is in the Lebanon City School District. Portions are also in the Franklin and Wayne school districts. The Springboro, Lebanon, Centerville and Waynesville post offices serve the township and it lies in the Franklin, Lebanon, Waynesville, Miamisburg, and Centerville telephone exchanges.

Interstate 75 runs through Clearcreek Township, as do State Routes 48, 73, and 741. A small portion of the City of Dayton's Wright Brothers Airport is in Clearcreek Township.

References

↑ Warren County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
↑ The History of Warren County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County ; Its Townships, Towns. W.H. Beers & Company. 1882. p. 588.
↑ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

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Municipalities and communities of Warren County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Lebanon

Cities	Franklin Lebanon Loveland‡ Mason Middletown‡ Monroe‡ Springboro‡

Villages	Blanchester‡ Butlerville Carlisle‡ Corwin Harveysburg Maineville Morrow Pleasant Plain South Lebanon Waynesville

Townships	Clearcreek Deerfield Franklin Hamilton Harlan Massie Salem Turtlecreek Union Washington Wayne

CDPs	Five Points Hunter Kings Mills Landen Loveland Park‡

Unincorporated communities	Chautauqua‡ Cozaddale Crosswick Dallasburg Dodds Edwardsville Fosters Greentree Corners Hagemans Crossing Hillcrest Hopkinsville Kenricksville Level Mathers Mill Middletown Junction Mount Holly Murdoch Oregonia Pekin Red Lion Ridgeville Roachester Rossburg San Mar Gale Socialville Twenty Mile Stand Zoar

Ghost towns	Beedles Station Hammel and Millgrove

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 39°33′N 84°15′W / 39.550°N 84.250°W / 39.550; -84.250

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