Plymouth Township, Richland County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Plymouth Township, Richland County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Plymouth Township in Richland County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 67.1
area_land_km2 = 66.6
area_water_km2 = 0.4
area_total_sq_mi = 25.9
area_land_sq_mi = 25.7
area_water_sq_mi = 0.2

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2162
population_density_km2 = 32.5
population_density_sq_mi = 84.1

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 308
elevation_ft = 1010
latd = 40 |latm = 57 |lats = 21 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 40 |longs = 36 |longEW = W

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Plymouth Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2000 census found 2,162 people in the township, 1,154 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39139 Richland County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*New Haven Township, Huron County - north
*Cass Township - east
*Jackson Township - southeast corner
*Sharon Township - south
*Vernon Township, Crawford County - southwest corner
*Auburn Township, Crawford County - west

Parts of two municipalities are located in Plymouth Township: the village of Plymouth in the north, and the city of Shelby in the southeast.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Plymouth Township is located in Ashtabula County.

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.

Currently, the township trustees are Mark Fry, Ivan King, and Charles Miller; the clerk is Richard Russell; and the road superintendent is Richard Straup.fact|date=June 2007

References

External links

* [http://www.richlandcountyoh.us County website]