Washington Township, Hancock County, Ohio

Washington Township, Hancock County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Washington Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Washington 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 = 92.7
area_land_km2 = 91.7
area_water_km2 = 1.1
area_total_sq_mi = 35.8
area_land_sq_mi = 35.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.4

population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 4602
population_density_km2 = 50.2
population_density_sq_mi = 130.0

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 239
elevation_ft = 784
latd = 41 |latm = 8 |lats = 27 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 27 |longs = 47 |longEW = W

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Washington Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,602 people in the township, 1,011 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 northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Perry Township, Wood County - north
*Jackson Township, Seneca County - northeast corner
*Loudon Township, Seneca County - east
*Big Spring Township, Seneca County - southeast corner
*Biglick Township - south
*Marion Township - southwest corner
*Cass Township - west
*Bloom Township, Wood County - northwest corner

Two municipalities are located in Washington Township: part of the city of Fostoria in the northeast, and the village of Arcadia in the southwest.

Name and history

It is one of forty-three Washington Townships statewide.

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]


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