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Brush Creek Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
Township
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Location of Brush Creek Township in Muskingum County
Coordinates: 39°49′58″N 81°59′13″W / 39.83278°N 81.98694°W / 39.83278; -81.98694
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Muskingum
Area
• Total	30.4 sq mi (78.8 km)
• Land	30.3 sq mi (78.6 km)
• Water	0.1 sq mi (0.3 km)
Elevation	719 ft (219 m)
Population
• Total	1,286
• Density	42/sq mi (16/km)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-09757
GNIS feature ID	1086715

Brush Creek Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,286 people in the township.

Geography

Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Wayne Township - northeast
• Harrison Township - east
• York Township, Morgan County - south
• Clay Township - southwest
• Newton Township - west
• Springfield Township - northwest

No municipalities are located in Brush Creek Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Brush Creek Townships are located in Adams, Jefferson, and Scioto counties, plus a Brushcreek Township in Highland County.

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.

References

1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. "Brush Creek township, Muskingum County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

• County website

v t e Municipalities and communities of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States
County seat: Zanesville
City	Zanesville
Villages	Adamsville Dresden Frazeysburg Fultonham Gratiot‡ New Concord Norwich Philo Roseville‡ South Zanesville
Townships	Adams Blue Rock Brush Creek Cass Clay Falls Harrison Highland Hopewell Jackson Jefferson Licking Madison Meigs Monroe Muskingum Newton Perry Rich Hill Salem Salt Creek Springfield Union Washington Wayne
CDPs	Duncan Falls East Fultonham Nashport North Zanesville Pleasant Grove Trinway
Unincorporated communities	Adams Mills Bloomfield Blue Rock Bridgeville Cannelville Chandlersville Coal Hill Cottage Hill Darlington Dillon Falls Ellis Freeland Gaysport Gilbert High Hill Hopewell Ironspot Irville Licking View Marquand Mills Mattingly Settlement Meadow Farm Mount Sterling Moxahala Park Museville Otsego Rix Mills Ruraldale Sonora Spratt Stovertown Sundale White Cottage Young Hickory Zeno
Former communities	Putnam
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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