- Ohio Township, Clermont County, Ohio
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Ohio Township, Ohio — Township — Municipalities and townships of Clermont County.
Coordinates: 38°57′25″N 84°16′14″W / 38.95694°N 84.27056°WCoordinates: 38°57′25″N 84°16′14″W / 38.95694°N 84.27056°W Country United States State Ohio County Clermont Area – Total 13.7 sq mi (35.4 km2) – Land 13.6 sq mi (35.1 km2) – Water 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) Elevation[1] 630 ft (192 m) Population (2000) – Total 5,245 – Density 387.1/sq mi (149.4/km2) Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) – Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4) FIPS code 39-57960[2] GNIS feature ID 1085868[1] Ohio Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,245 people in the township, 3,026 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]
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Geography
Located in the southwestern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:
- Pierce Township - north
- Monroe Township - southeast
Campbell County, Kentucky lies across the Ohio River to the southwest.
The village of New Richmond is located in southwestern Ohio Township, along the Ohio River.
Name and history
Statewide, other Ohio Townships are located in Gallia and Monroe 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 fiscal officer,[4] 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
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Clermont County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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Municipalities and communities of Clermont County, Ohio Cities 
Villages Amelia | Batavia | Bethel | Chilo | Felicity | Moscow | Neville | New Richmond | Newtonsville | Owensville | Williamsburg
Townships CDPs Unincorporated
communitiesGoshen | Marathon | Miamiville | Point Pleasant | Utopia
Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Townships in Clermont County, Ohio
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