Eden Township, Seneca County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Eden Township, Seneca County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Countryside in central Eden Township


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map_caption = Location of Eden 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 = 94.2
area_land_km2 = 94.0
area_water_km2 = 0.2
area_total_sq_mi = 36.4
area_land_sq_mi = 36.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2020
population_density_km2 = 21.5
population_density_sq_mi = 55.6

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 265
elevation_ft = 869
latd = 41 |latm = 2 |lats = 22 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 7 |longs = 41 |longEW = W

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Eden Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,020 people in 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 southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Clinton Township - north
*Scipio Township - northeast corner
*Bloom Township - east
*Lykens Township, Crawford County - southeast corner
*Texas Township, Crawford County - south, east of Sycamore Township
*Sycamore Township, Wyandot County - south, west of Texas Township
*Tymochtee Township, Wyandot County - southwest corner
*Seneca Township - west
*Hopewell Township - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Eden Township, although the unincorporated community of Melmore lies at the center of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Eden Townships are located in Licking and Wyandot 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]