BARTLOW TOWNSHIP, HENRY COUNTY, OHIO

'Bartlow Township' is one of the thirteen townships of Henry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,460 people in the township, 629 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

★ Richfield Township - north

★ Milton Township, Wood County - northeast corner

★ Jackson Township, Wood County - east

★ Pleasant Township, Hancock County - southeast corner

★ Van Buren Township, Putnam County - south

★ Liberty Township, Putnam County - southwest corner

★ Marion Township - west

★ Monroe Township - northwest corner
It is the only county township to border Hancock County.
The village of Deshler is located in eastern Bartlow Township.

Name and history

It is the only Bartlow Township statewide, although there is a Barlow Township in Washington County.

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

External links

★ County website