MARION TOWNSHIP, HANCOCK COUNTY, OHIO

Location of Marion Township in Hancock County.

'Marion Township' is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,203 people in the township.[1]

Contents
Geography
Name and history
Government
References
External links

Geography


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

★ Cass Township - north

★ Washington Township - northeast corner

★ Biglick Township - east

★ Amanda Township - southeast

★ Jackson Township - south

★ Eagle Township - southwest corner

★ Liberty Township - west

★ Allen Township - northwest
The city of Findlay, the county seat of Hancock County, occupies much of western Marion Township.

Name and history


It is one of twelve Marion 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. Hancock County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links



★ County website

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