Hopewell Township, Seneca County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Hopewell Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Hopewell Township (red) in Seneca County, adjacent to the city of Tiffin (yellow).


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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 = 89.4
area_land_km2 = 89.0
area_water_km2 = 0.4
area_total_sq_mi = 34.5
area_land_sq_mi = 34.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2874
population_density_km2 = 32.3
population_density_sq_mi = 83.6

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 232
elevation_ft = 761
latd = 41 |latm = 7 |lats = 3 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 14 |longs = 24 |longEW = W

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Hopewell Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,874 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 west central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Liberty Township - north
*Pleasant Township - northeast corner
*Clinton Township - east
*Eden Township - southeast corner
*Seneca Township - south
*Big Spring Township - southwest corner
*Loudon Township - west
*Jackson Township - northwest corner

Part of the city of Tiffin, the county seat of Seneca County, is located in eastern Hopewell Township, and the unincorporated community of Bascom lies in the western part of the township.

Name and history

It is one of five Hopewell Townships 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.senecacounty.com County website]