ADDISON TOWNSHIP, GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO

'Addison Township' is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,366 people in the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

Geography

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

★ Cheshire Township - north

★ Gallipolis Township - south

★ Green Township - southwest corner

★ Springfield Township - west

★ Morgan Township - northwest corner
Mason County, West Virginia lies across the Ohio River to the east.
It is located upstream of four of Gallia County's five other Ohio River townships.
No municipalities are located in Addison Township.

Name and history

It is the only Addison 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

1. Gallia County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links

★ County website