Clearcreek Township is one of the eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio, located in the north central portion of the county. It had a population of 20,974 in 2000, up from 13,344 in 1990 and was originally about forty-two square miles in area. The highest popoint in the county is in Clearcreek Township, near the community of Five Points.

The township was created by the Warren County Commissioners on October 17, 1815, taking land from Franklin and Wayne Townships. Its boundaries were set as "Beginning at southeast corner of Section 21, Township 4, Range 4, and thence north with the line of the sections to the county line, thence west with the county line to the northwest corner of Section 15, Township 2, Range 5, thence south with the line of the sections to the southwest corner of Section 15, Township 3, Range 4, to the line of Turtlecreek Township, thence east with the line of Turtlecreek Township to the place of beginning."

It is bounded on the south by Turtlecreek Township, on the east by Wayne Township, on the north by the Montgomery County townships of Miami and Washington; and on the west by Franklin Township. Much of the western portion of the township has been annexed by the city of Springboro.

Most of the township is in the Springboro Community City School District, but a large portion in the south central section is in the Lebanon City School District. Portions are also in the Franklin and Wayne school districts. The Springboro, Lebanon, and Lebanon, Waynesville, Miamisburg, and Centerville telephone exchanges.

Interstate 75 runs through Clearcreek, as do State Routes 48, 73, and 741. A small portion of the City of Dayton's Wright Brothers airport is in Clearcreek.

Communities within Clearcreek Township include:

• Five Points
• Pekin
• Red Lion
• Ridgeville
• Springboro

External links

• Official site (http://www.clearcreektownship.com/)