Linton Township, Coshocton County, Ohio

Linton Township, Coshocton County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Linton Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Coshocton County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 94.5
area_land_km2 = 93.4
area_water_km2 = 1.0
area_total_sq_mi = 36.5
area_land_sq_mi = 36.1
area_water_sq_mi = 0.4

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 632
population_density_km2 = 6.8
population_density_sq_mi = 17.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 240
elevation_ft = 787
latd = 40 |latm = 11 |lats = 40 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 43 |longs = 42 |longEW = W

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Linton Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 632 people in the township, 474 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39031 Coshocton County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Oxford Township - northeast
*Wheeling Township, Guernsey County - east
*Knox Township, Guernsey County - southeast
*Monroe Township, Muskingum County - south
*Adams Township, Muskingum County - southwest corner
*Franklin Township - west
*Lafayette Township - northwest

The village of Plainfield is located in northeastern Linton Township.

Name and history

It is the only Linton Township 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

External links

* [http://www.co.coshocton.oh.us County website]


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