Venice Township, Seneca County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Venice Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Venice 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 = 102.6
area_land_km2 = 102.6
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 39.6
area_land_sq_mi = 39.6
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1871
population_density_km2 = 18.2
population_density_sq_mi = 47.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 283
elevation_ft = 928
latd = 41 |latm = 3 |lats = 4 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 53 |longs = 27 |longEW = W

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Venice Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,871 people in the township, 916 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 corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Reed Township - north
*Norwich Township, Huron County - northeast
*Richmond Township, Huron County - east
*Cranberry Township, Crawford County - southeast
*Chatfield Township, Crawford County - southwest
*Bloom Township - west
*Scipio Township - northwest corner

The village of Attica is located in northern Venice Township.

Name and history

It is the only Venice Township 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]