Pleasant Township, Seneca County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Pleasant Township, Seneca County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Aerial view of the Sandusky River in Pleasant Township


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map_caption = Location of Pleasant 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 = 93.5
area_land_km2 = 92.2
area_water_km2 = 1.3
area_total_sq_mi = 36.1
area_land_sq_mi = 35.6
area_water_sq_mi = 0.5

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1685
population_density_km2 = 18.3
population_density_sq_mi = 47.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 214
elevation_ft = 702
latd = 41 |latm = 13 |lats = 6 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 8 |longs = 14 |longEW = W

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Pleasant Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,685 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 northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Ballville Township, Sandusky County - north
*Green Creek Township, Sandusky County - northeast corner
*Adams Township - east
*Scipio Township - southeast corner
*Clinton Township - south
*Hopewell Township - southwest corner
*Liberty Township - west
*Jackson Township, Sandusky County - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Pleasant Township, although the unincorporated community of Old Fort lies in the northern part of the township.

Name and history

It is one of fifteen Pleasant 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]