PORTAGE TOWNSHIP, HANCOCK COUNTY, OHIO

'Portage Township' is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 604 people in the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

Geography

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

★ Henry Township, Wood County - north

★ Allen Township - east

★ Liberty Township - south

★ Blanchard Township - southwest corner

★ Pleasant Township - west

★ Jackson Township, Wood County - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Portage Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Portage Townships are located in Ottawa and Wood 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. Hancock County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links

★ County website