Scioto Township is one of the eighteen townships

Civil township

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 of Delaware County

Delaware County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,527 people in the township, 2,122 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Thompson Township
  Thompson Township, Delaware County, Ohio
  Thompson Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 558 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Radnor Township
  Radnor Township, Delaware County, Ohio
  Radnor Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,335 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Delaware Township
  Delaware Township, Delaware County, Ohio
  Delaware Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 26,149 people in the township, 1,559 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Concord Township
  Concord Township, Delaware County, Ohio
  Concord Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,507 people in the township, 4,088 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Millcreek Township, Union County
  Millcreek Township, Union County, Ohio
  Millcreek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,261 people in the township, 1,252 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Dover Township, Union County
  Dover Township, Union County, Ohio
  Dover Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,331 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Leesburg Township - north...
  
   - southwest
• Leesburg Township, Union County
  Leesburg Township, Union County, Ohio
  Leesburg Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,438 people in the township, 1,115 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

The village of Ostrander

Ostrander, Ohio

Ostrander is a village in Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The population was 405 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Ostrander is located at ....

is located in southwestern Scioto Township.

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.