Bethel Township, Miami County, Ohio

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official_name = Bethel Township, Ohio
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Miami

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area_total_km2 = 90.0
area_land_km2 = 89.7
area_water_km2 = 0.3
area_total_sq_mi = 34.8
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population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 4927
population_density_km2 = 54.9
population_density_sq_mi = 142.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_m = 304
elevation_ft = 997
latd = 39 |latm = 55 |lats = 48 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 5 |longs = 39 |longEW = W

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Bethel Township is one of the twelve townships of Miami County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,927 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39109 Miami 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:
*Elizabeth Township - north
*Pike Township, Clark County - northeast
*Bethel Township, Clark County - east
*Huber Heights - south
*Vandalia - southwest
*Monroe Township - west
*Staunton Township - northwest

Part of the city of Huber Heights is located in southwestern Bethel Township, and three unincorporated communities are located in the township:
*Brandt, in the south
*Phoneton, in the southwest
*West Charleston, in the west

Name and history

Statewide, other Bethel Townships are located in Clark and Monroe 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. The trustees also elect a township administrator.

As of 2007, the trustees are Jerome Hirt, Beth van Haaren, and Cliff Wray, the fiscal officer is Deborah Watson, and the township administrator is Kate Reagan. [ [http://www.betheltownship.org Board of Trustees of Bethel Township, Miami County] , Miami County, 2007. Accessed 2007-08-22.]

chools

Students in Bethel Township attend Bethel Local Schools or Miami East Local Schools in Casstown or Tecumseh Local Schools in New Carlisle.

Notable residents

The township was the home of the ancestors of Wilbur and Orville Wright, who developed the first successful airplane. [ [http://www.betheltownship.org/bths.htm New Page 0] Bethel Township Historical Society, 2005. Accessed 2007-05-29]

References

External links

* [http://www.betheltownship.org Township website]
* [http://www.co.miami.oh.us County website]
* [http://www.bethel.k12.oh.us Bethel Local Schools]