Deer Creek Township is one of the fourteen

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of Madison County,

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, United States. The 2000 census found 1,030 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Monroe Township - north * Jefferson Township - east * Fairfield Township - southeast corner * Union Township - south * Somerford Township - west Part of the city of

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of Madison County, is located in Deer Creek Township.

Name and history

As of 1854, the population of the township was 583,Thomas Baldwin & J. Thomas,
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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,§503.24§505.01
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. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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

External links

County website
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