- Marseilles Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
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Marseilles Township, Ohio — Township — Location of Marseilles Township in Wyandot County.
Coordinates: 40°42′21″N 83°23′40″W / 40.70583°N 83.39444°WCoordinates: 40°42′21″N 83°23′40″W / 40.70583°N 83.39444°W Country United States State Ohio County Wyandot Area – Total 24.1 sq mi (62.5 km2) – Land 23.6 sq mi (61.2 km2) – Water 0.5 sq mi (1.2 km2) Elevation[1] 873 ft (266 m) Population (2000) – Total 446 – Density 18.9/sq mi (7.3/km2) Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) – Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4) FIPS code 39-48006[2] GNIS feature ID 1087207[1] 
Much of Marseilles Township is occupied by wide areas of farmland interspersed with small woods.
Marseilles Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 446 people in the township, 322 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]
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Geography
Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Mifflin Township - north
- Pitt Township - northeast
- Salt Rock Township, Marion County - southeast
- Grand Prairie Township, Marion County - south
- Goshen Township, Hardin County - southwest
- Jackson Township - northwest
The village of Marseilles is located in southern Marseilles Township.
Name and history
It is the only Marseilles Township statewide.[4]
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 fiscal officer,[5] 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 fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.
References
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Wyandot County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
External links
Municipalities and communities of Wyandot County, Ohio City 
Villages Townships Unincorporated
communitiesCategories:- Townships in Wyandot County, Ohio
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