WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, MORROW COUNTY, OHIO

'Washington Township' is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,227 people in the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

Geography

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

★ Polk Township, Crawford County - north

★ North Bloomfield Township - east

★ Congress Township - southeast

★ Gilead Township - south

★ Canaan Township - southwest

★ Tully Township, Marion County - west

★ Whetstone Township, Crawford County - northwest
No municipalities are located in Washington Township, although the unincorporated community of Iberia lies in the western part of the township.

Name and history

It is one of forty-three Washington 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. Morrow County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links

★ County website