Hamilton Township, Lawrence County, Ohio

Hamilton Township, Lawrence County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Hamilton Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Lawrence

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area_total_km2 = 30.1
area_land_km2 = 29.0
area_water_km2 = 1.1
area_total_sq_mi = 11.6
area_land_sq_mi = 11.2
area_water_sq_mi = 0.4

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1817
population_density_km2 = 62.7
population_density_sq_mi = 162.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_m = 182
elevation_ft = 597
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Hamilton Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,817 people in the township, 792 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39087 Lawrence County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the western corner of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:
*Elizabeth Township - north
*Upper Township - east
*Green Township, Scioto County - west

Greenup County, Kentucky lies across the Ohio River to the south.

It is the farthest downstream of Lawrence County's Ohio River townships.

Two municipalities are located on Hamilton Township's shoreline: Hanging Rock, the smallest village in the county, in the middle; and part of Ironton, the county seat and only city of Lawrence County, in the southeast.

Name and history

Statewide, other Hamilton Townships are found in Franklin, Jackson, and Warren 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.

Education

The vast majority of the township receives Pre-K through 12th grade education from the Rock Hill Local School District. Small portions of the township receive these services from the Green Local School District, or from Ironton City Schools.

References

External links

* [http://www.lawrencecountyohio.org County website]


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