GREEN TOWNSHIP, BROWN COUNTY, OHIO

Municipalities and townships of Brown County.

'Green Township' is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,389 people in the township, 1,978 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[1]

Contents
Geography
Name and history
Government
References
External links

Geography


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

★ Perry Township - north

★ Salem Township, Highland County - northeast

★ Clay Township, Highland County - east

★ Washington Township - southeast corner

★ Pike Township - south

★ Sterling Township - west
Part of the village of Mount Orab is located in southwestern Green Township.

Name and history


It is one of sixteen Green Townships 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. Brown County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links



★ County website

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