Whitewater Township, Hamilton County, Ohio

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official_name = Whitewater Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Hamilton County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 68.1
area_land_km2 = 66.3
area_water_km2 = 1.8
area_total_sq_mi = 26.3
area_land_sq_mi = 25.6
area_water_sq_mi = 0.7

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 5564
population_density_km2 = 83.9
population_density_sq_mi = 217.4

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_m = 155
elevation_ft = 509
latd = 39 |latm = 11 |lats = 50 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 45 |longs = 51 |longEW = W

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Whitewater Township is one of the twelve townships of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,564 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39061 Hamilton County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Harrison Township - north
*Crosby Township - northeast, west of Colerain Township
*Colerain Township - northeast, east of Crosby Township
*Miami Township - southeast
*Lawrenceburg Township, Dearborn County, Indiana - southwest
*Miller Township, Dearborn County, Indiana - west
*Harrison Township, Dearborn County, Indiana - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Whitewater Township, although two unincorporated communities lie in the township: Hooven in the southeast, and Miamitown in the west.

Name and history

It is the only Whitewater 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.hamilton-co.org/hc/default.asp County website]