HENRY TOWNSHIP, WOOD COUNTY, OHIO

'Henry Township' is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,070 people in the township, 709 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

Geography

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

★ Liberty Township - north

★ Portage Township - northeast corner

★ Bloom Township - east

★ Allen Township, Hancock County - southeast

★ Portage Township, Hancock County - south

★ Pleasant Township, Hancock County - southwest corner

★ Jackson Township - west

★ Milton Township - northwest
The village of North Baltimore is located in southeastern Henry Township.

Name and history

It is the only Henry 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.
The Henry Township House is located on Quarry Road, between Mitchell and North Baltimore Roads.

References

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

External links

★ County website