Plain Township, Wood County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Plain Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Plain Township in Wood County


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

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area_total_km2 = 65.9
area_land_km2 = 65.8
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 25.5
area_land_sq_mi = 25.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1706
population_density_km2 = 25.9
population_density_sq_mi = 67.1

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 206
elevation_ft = 676
latd = 41 |latm = 22 |lats = 17 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 42 |longs = 37 |longEW = W

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Plain Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,706 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39173 Wood County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Middleton Township - north
*Center Township - east
*Portage Township - southeast corner
*Liberty Township - south
*Milton Township - southwest corner
*Weston Township - west
*Washington Township - northwest

Part of the city of Bowling Green, the county seat of Wood County, is located in eastern Plain Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Plain Townships are located in Franklin, Stark, and Wayne 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 Plain Township House is located at the intersection of Poe and Liberty Hi Roads. The township is also home to the Wood County Landfill and ODOT's District 2 Annex & Garage, both off U.S. Route 6.fact|date=July 2007

References

External links

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