Clearcreek Township is one of the thirteen townships

Civil township

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 of Fairfield County

Fairfield County, Ohio

Fairfield County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of 2010, the population was 146,156. Its county seat is Lancaster. Its name is a reference to the Fairfield area of the original Lancaster....

, Ohio

Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,411 people in the township, 2,830 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Amanda Township
  Amanda Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
  Amanda Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,429 people in the township, 1,722 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Hocking Township
  Hocking Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
  Hocking Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,812 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Madison Township
  Madison Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,385 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Perry Township, Hocking County
  Perry Township, Hocking County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,554 people in the township, 2,021 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Salt Creek Township, Pickaway County - south
• Pickaway Township, Pickaway County
  Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
  Pickaway Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,851 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Washington Township, Pickaway County
  Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,951 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west

The village of Stoutsville

Stoutsville, Ohio

Stoutsville is a village in Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The population was 581 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Stoutsville is located at ....

 is located in western Clearcreek Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Clearcreek Township is located in Warren County

Clearcreek Township, Warren County, Ohio

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. It was originally...

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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.