Prospect Township, Marion County, Ohio

Prospect Township, Marion County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Prospect Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Prospect Township in Marion County.


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

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unit_pref = Imperial
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area_magnitude =
area_total_km2 = 62.9
area_land_km2 = 62.8
area_water_km2 = 0.2
area_total_sq_mi = 24.3
area_land_sq_mi = 24.2
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 2207
population_density_km2 = 35.2
population_density_sq_mi = 91.1

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 283
elevation_ft = 928
latd = 40 |latm = 27 |lats = 26 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 11 |longs = 12 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 43342
area_code = 740
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 39-64794GR|2
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
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Prospect Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,207 people in the township, 1,016 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39101 Marion County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Pleasant Township - northeast
*Waldo Township - east
*Marlboro Township, Delaware County - southeast corner
*Radnor Township, Delaware County - south, east of Thompson Township
*Thompson Township, Delaware County - south, west of Radnor Township
*Claibourne Township, Union County - southwest
*Jackson Township, Union County - west
*Green Camp Township - northwest

The village of Prospect is located in southern Prospect Township.

Name and history

It is the only Prospect Township 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.marion.oh.us County website]


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