- Ohio Township, Monroe County, Ohio
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Ohio Township, Ohio — Township — Municipalities and townships of Monroe County.
Coordinates: 39°41′4″N 80°53′6″W / 39.68444°N 80.885°WCoordinates: 39°41′4″N 80°53′6″W / 39.68444°N 80.885°W Country United States State Ohio County Monroe Area – Total 23.4 sq mi (60.6 km2) – Land 23.1 sq mi (59.7 km2) – Water 0.3 sq mi (0.9 km2) Elevation[1] 1,076 ft (328 m) Population (2000) – Total 1,032 – Density 44.8/sq mi (17.3/km2) Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) – Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4) FIPS code 39-57988[2] GNIS feature ID 1086655[1] Ohio Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1032 people in the township.[3]
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Geography
Located in the eastern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:
- Salem Township - north
- Lee Township - southwest
- Green Township - northwest
West Virginia lies across the Ohio River to the east: Marshall County farther north, and Wetzel County farther south.
No municipalities are located in Ohio Township, although the unincorporated community of Hannibal lies in the township's east along the Ohio River.
Name and history
Statewide, other Ohio Townships are located in Clermont and Gallia 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 fiscal officer,[4] 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
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Monroe County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates, Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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Municipalities and communities of Monroe County, Ohio Villages Antioch | Beallsville | Clarington | Graysville | Jerusalem | Lewisville | Miltonsburg | Stafford | Wilson‡ | Woodsfield
Townships Unincorporated
communitiesCameron | Hannibal | Laings | Malaga | Rinard Mills | Sardis | Sycamore Valley
Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Townships in Monroe County, Ohio
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