Union Township, Union County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Union Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Union County


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

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area_total_km2 = 93.3
area_land_km2 = 93.1
area_water_km2 = 0.2
area_total_sq_mi = 36.0
area_land_sq_mi = 36.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1565
population_density_km2 = 16.8
population_density_sq_mi = 43.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 303
elevation_ft = 994
latd = 40 |latm = 9 |lats = 13 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 27 |longs = 11 |longEW = W

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Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,565 people in the township, 939 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39159 Union County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Allen Township - north
*Paris Township - northeast
*Darby Township - east
*Pike Township, Madison County - south
*Goshen Township, Champaign County - southwest
*Rush Township, Champaign County - west

The village of Milford Center is located in northern Union Township, although the unincorporated community of Irwin lies in the township's southwest.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-seven Union 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.union.oh.us Union County website]