Ridge Township, Wyandot County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Ridge Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Ridge Township in Wyandot County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 38.4
area_land_km2 = 38.4
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 14.8
area_land_sq_mi = 14.8
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 512
population_density_km2 = 13.3
population_density_sq_mi = 34.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 261
elevation_ft = 856
latd = 40 |latm = 56 |lats = 53 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 27 |longs = 9 |longEW = W

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Ridge Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 512 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39175 Wyandot County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Biglick Township, Hancock County - north
*Big Spring Township, Seneca County - northeast corner
*Crawford Township - east
*Salem Township - southeast corner
*Richland Township - south
*Amanda Township, Hancock County - west

No municipalities are located in Ridge Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Ridge Township is located in Van Wert County.

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.co.wyandot.oh.us County website]