Monroe Township, Guernsey County, Ohio

Monroe Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
—  Township  —
Municipalities and townships of Guernsey County.
Coordinates: 40°11′3″N 81°28′57″W / 40.18417°N 81.4825°W / 40.18417; -81.4825Coordinates: 40°11′3″N 81°28′57″W / 40.18417°N 81.4825°W / 40.18417; -81.4825
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Guernsey
Area
– Total	25.1 sq mi (65.0 km2)
– Land	25.0 sq mi (64.7 km2)
– Water	0.1 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation[1]	1,017 ft (310 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	598
– Density	23.9/sq mi (9.2/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-51380[2]
GNIS feature ID	1086187[1]

Monroe Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 598 people in the township.^[3]

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Washington Township, Tuscarawas County - north
• Perry Township, Tuscarawas County - northeast
• Washington Township - east
• Madison Township - southeast corner
• Jefferson Township - south
• Liberty Township - southwest
• Wheeling Township - west
• Oxford Township, Tuscarawas County - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Monroe Township, although the unincorporated community of Birmingham lies in the township's southeast.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-two Monroe Townships statewide.^[4]

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,^[5] 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

1. ^ ^{a b} "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ Guernsey County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
4. ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-16. 
5. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

• County website