Lostcreek Township, Miami County, Ohio

Lostcreek Township is one of the twelve townships of Miami County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,633 people in the township, 1,311 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[1]

Location of Lostcreek Township in Miami County
Fields north of Casstown

Geography

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

The village of Casstown is located in southwestern Lostcreek Township.

Name and history

Lostcreek Township was established in 1818, and named after Lost Creek, a tributary of the Great Miami River.[2] It is the only Lostcreek Township statewide.[3]

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,[4] 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. Miami County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
  2. Harbaugh, T. C. (1909). Centennial history. Troy, Piqua and Miami county, Ohio. Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. p. 107.
  3. "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
  4. §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

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