Union Township, Putnam County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Union Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Union Township in Putnam County


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

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area_total_km2 = 78.7
area_land_km2 = 78.7
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 30.4
area_land_sq_mi = 30.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2557
population_density_km2 = 32.5
population_density_sq_mi = 84.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 222
elevation_ft = 728
latd = 40 |latm = 58 |lats = 28 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 10 |longs = 31 |longEW = W

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blank_info = 39-78526GR|2
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Union Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,557 people in the township, 1,526 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39137 Putnam County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Greensburg Township - north
*Ottawa Township - northeast
*Pleasant Township - east
*Sugar Creek Township - south
*Jennings Township - southwest corner
*Jackson Township - west
*Perry Township - northwest corner

The village of Kalida is located in northwestern Union Township.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-seven Union 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.putnamcountyohio.com County website]