CLARK TOWNSHIP, COSHOCTON COUNTY, OHIO

'Clark Township' is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 594 people in the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

Geography

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

★ Mechanic Township, Holmes County - northeast

★ Mill Creek Township - east

★ Keene Township - southeast corner

★ Bethlehem Township - south

★ Jefferson Township - southwest corner

★ Monroe Township - west

★ Killbuck Township, Holmes County - northwest
No municipalities are located in Clark Township, although the unincorporated community of Blissfield lies in the southwestern part of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Clark Townships are located in Brown, Clinton, and Holmes 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.

References

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

External links

★ County website