GERMAN TOWNSHIP, HARRISON COUNTY, OHIO

Municipalities and townships of Harrison County.

'German Township' is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 767 people in the township.[1]

Contents
Geography
Name and history
Government
References
External links

Geography


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

★ Springfield Township, Jefferson County - north

★ Salem Township, Jefferson County - northeast

★ Wayne Township, Jefferson County - southeast

★ Green Township - south

★ Archer Township - southwest

★ Runley Township - west

★ Loudon Township, Carroll County - northwest
No municipalities are located in German Township.

Name and history


Statewide, other German Townships are located in Auglaize, Clark, Fulton, and Montgomery 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. Harrison County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links



★ County website

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