Blanchard Township, Hancock County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Blanchard Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Blanchard Township in Hancock County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Hancock

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area_total_km2 = 93.9
area_land_km2 = 93.8
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 36.2
area_land_sq_mi = 36.2
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1170
population_density_km2 = 12.5
population_density_sq_mi = 32.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 229
elevation_ft = 751
latd = 41 |latm = 1 |lats = 7 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 48 |longs = 23 |longEW = W

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Blanchard Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,170 people in the township, 855 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39063 Hancock County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Pleasant Township - north
*Portage Township - northeast corner
*Liberty Township - east
*Eagle Township - southeast corner
*Union Township - south
*Riley Township, Putnam County - southwest corner
*Blanchard Township, Putnam County - west
*Van Buren Township, Putnam County - northwest corner

The village of Benton Ridge is located in southeastern Blanchard Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Blanchard Townships are located in Hardin and Putnam Counties.

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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

* [http://www.co.hancock.oh.us County website]