DOVER TOWNSHIP, ATHENS COUNTY, OHIO

'Dover Township' is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,797 people in the township, 2,730 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

Geography

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

★ Trimble Township - north

★ Homer Township, Morgan County - northeast corner

★ Ames Township - east

★ Canaan Township - southeast corner

★ Athens Township - south

★ Waterloo Township - southwest corner

★ York Township - west

★ Ward Township, Hocking County - northwest corner
Several populated places are located in Dover Township:

★ The village of Chauncey, in the center

★ Part of the census-designated place of The Plains, in the south

★ The unincorporated community of Millfield, in the north
Much of the township is part of the Wayne National Forest.^[2]

Name and history

Statewide, other Dover Townships are located in Fulton, Tuscarawas, and Union Counties.
Coal mining has historically been important in Dover Township, which was the site of the Millfield Mine disaster of 1930.

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. Athens County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
2. DeLorme. ''Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer''. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 80. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.

External links

★ County website