WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, LOGAN COUNTY, OHIO

'Washington Township' is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,945 people in the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

Transportation

References

External links

Geography

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

★ Richland Township - northeast

★ McArthur Township - east

★ Harrison Township - southeast

★ Pleasant Township - south

★ Bloomfield Township - west

★ Stokes Township - northwest
The village of Russells Point is located in northern Washington Township, and the unincorporated community of Lewistown lies in the township's center.
The southern part of Indian Lake is located in northern Washington Township.

Name and history

It is one of forty-three Washington Townships statewide.
Washington Township was formed in 1839 from Bloomfield 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

U.S. Route 33 is the most important highway in Washington Township. Other significant highways in Washington Township include State Routes 47, 235, 274, 366, 368, 708, and 720.

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