MIAMI TOWNSHIP, LOGAN COUNTY, OHIO

'Miami Township' is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,352 people in the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

Transportation

References

External links

Geography

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

★ Pleasant Township - north

★ Union Township - east

★ Harrison Township, Champaign County - southeast

★ Adams Township, Champaign County - south

★ Perry Township, Shelby County - west

★ Salem Township, Shelby County - northwest
Two villages are located in Miami Township: the village of Quincy, in the west, and part of the village of DeGraff, in the northeast.

Name and history

It is named after the Great Miami River, which flows through the township. Statewide, other Miami Townships are found in Clermont, Greene, Hamilton, and Montgomery Counties.
Miami Township was formed in 1814 from Lake Township.

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.

Transportation

Important highways in Miami Township include State Routes 235, 508, and 706.

References

1. Logan County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 12 May 2007.

External links

★ County website

★ County & Township Map of Ohio (PDF object)

★ Detailed Logan County map