CLAYTON TOWNSHIP, PERRY COUNTY, OHIO

Municipalities and townships of Perry County.

'Clayton Township' is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,432 people in the township.[1]

Contents
Geography
Name and history
Government
References
External links

Geography


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

★ Madison Township - north

★ Newton Township, Muskingum County - northeast

★ Harrison Township - east

★ Pike Township - south

★ Jackson Township - southwest corner

★ Reading Township - west

★ Hopewell Township - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Clayton Township, although the unincorporated community of Rehoboth lies in the township's south.

Name and history


It is the only Clayton 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. Perry County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links



★ County website

★ Township Profile

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