Bloom Township, Seneca County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Bloom Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Bloom Township in Seneca County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 94.4
area_land_km2 = 94.2
area_water_km2 = 0.2
area_total_sq_mi = 36.5
area_land_sq_mi = 36.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1937
population_density_km2 = 20.6
population_density_sq_mi = 53.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 278
elevation_ft = 912
latd = 41 |latm = 2 |lats = 46 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 0 |longs = 46 |longEW = W

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Bloom Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,937 people in the township, 892 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39147 Seneca County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Scipio Township - north
*Reed Township - northeast corner
*Venice Township - east
*Chatfield Township, Crawford County - southeast
*Lykens Township, Crawford County - south
*Texas Township, Crawford County - southwest corner
*Eden Township - west
*Clinton Township - northwest corner

The village of Bloomville is located in central Bloom Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Bloom Townships are located in Fairfield, Morgan, Scioto, and Wood 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.senecacounty.com County website]