Silvercreek Township, Greene County, Ohio
Township
A farmstead on Heifner Road, southeast of Jamestown
Location of Silvercreek Township in Greene County
Coordinates: 39°39′11″N 83°44′3″W / 39.65306°N 83.73417°W / 39.65306; -83.73417
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Greene
Area
• Total	26.4 sq mi (68.5 km2)
• Land	26.3 sq mi (68.1 km2)
• Water	0.2 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation [1]	1,060 ft (323 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	3,732
• Density	140/sq mi (54/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	45335[3]
Area code(s)	326 and 937
FIPS code	39-72473[4]
GNIS feature ID	1086172[1]

Silvercreek Township is one of the twelve townships of Greene County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,732.

Geography

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

• Ross Township - north
• Jefferson Township, Fayette County - east
• Jasper Township, Fayette County - southeast
• Jefferson Township - south
• Caesarscreek Township - southwest
• New Jasper Township - west

Most of the village of Jamestown is located in northwestern Silvercreek Township, and part of the census-designated place of Shawnee Hills is located in the township's west.

Name and history

Silvercreek Township was established in 1811.^[5][6]

It is the only Silvercreek Township statewide.^[7]

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,^[8] 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.