Scioto Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Ross County

Ross County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 73,345 people, 27,136 households, and 19,185 families residing in the county. The population density was 106 people per square mile . There were 29,461 housing units at an average density of 43 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 27,735 people in the township, 5,940 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Springfield Township
  Springfield Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Springfield Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,277 people in the township, 2,276 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,476 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Franklin Township
  Franklin Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,671 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Huntington Township
  Huntington Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Huntington Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,018 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Scioto Township - north...
  
   - southwest
• Twin Township
  Twin Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Twin Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,146 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the south central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Concord Township - north...
  
   - west
• Union Township
  Union Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 11,750 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

Much of central Scioto Township is occupied by the city of Chillicothe

Chillicothe, Ohio

Chillicothe is a city in and the county seat of Ross County, Ohio, United States.Chillicothe was the first and third capital of Ohio and is located in southern Ohio along the Scioto River. The name comes from the Shawnee name Chalahgawtha, meaning "principal town", as it was a major settlement of...

, the county seat

County seat

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 of Ross County, while some of the area that remains is occupied by the census-designated place

Census-designated place

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 of North Fork Village

North Fork Village, Ohio

North Fork Village is a census-designated place in Ross County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,726 at the 2000 census.-Geography:North Fork Village is located at ....

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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.