Blanchard Township, Putnam County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Blanchard Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
nickname =
motto =

imagesize =
image_caption =


image_

mapsize = 250x200px
map_caption = Location of Blanchard Township in Putnam County


mapsize1 =
map_caption1 =

subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Putnam

government_footnotes =
government_type =
leader_title =
leader_name =
leader_title1 =
leader_name1 =
established_title =
established_date =

unit_pref = Imperial
area_footnotes =

area_magnitude =
area_total_km2 = 93.8
area_land_km2 = 93.8
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 36.2
area_land_sq_mi = 36.2
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 1232
population_density_km2 = 13.1
population_density_sq_mi = 34.0

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 232
elevation_ft = 761
latd = 41 |latm = 1 |lats = 43 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 56 |longs = 4 |longEW = W

postal_code_type =
postal_code =
area_code =
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 39-06880GR|2
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = 1086857GR|3
website =
footnotes =

Blanchard Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,232 people in the township, 1,062 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39137 Putnam County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Van Buren Township - north
*Pleasant Township, Hancock County - northeast corner
*Blanchard Township, Hancock County - east
*Union Township, Hancock County - southeast corner
*Riley Township - south
*Pleasant Township - southwest corner
*Ottawa Township - west
*Liberty Township - northwest corner

The village of Gilboa is located in southeastern Blanchard Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Blanchard Townships are located in Hancock and Hardin 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

External links

* [http://www.putnamcountyohio.com County website]