Eagle Township, Hancock County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Eagle Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Eagle Township in Hancock County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 92.8
area_land_km2 = 92.7
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 35.8
area_land_sq_mi = 35.8
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1195
population_density_km2 = 12.9
population_density_sq_mi = 33.4

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 253
elevation_ft = 830
latd = 40 |latm = 57 |lats = 33 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 42 |longs = 46 |longEW = W

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Eagle Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,195 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39063 Hancock County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Liberty Township - north
*Marion Township - northeast corner
*Jackson Township - east
*Madison Township - southeast
*Van Buren Township - south
*Orange Township - southwest corner
*Union Township - west
*Blanchard Township - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Eagle Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Eagle Townships are located in Brown and Vinton 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.co.hancock.oh.us County website]