Pleasant Township, Van Wert County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Pleasant Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Countryside in far western Pleasant Township


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map_caption = Location of Pleasant Township (red) in Van Wert County, next to the city of Van Wert (yellow)


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

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unit_pref = Imperial
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area_total_km2 = 95.4
area_land_km2 = 94.8
area_water_km2 = 0.6
area_total_sq_mi = 36.8
area_land_sq_mi = 36.6
area_water_sq_mi = 0.2

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 11120
population_density_km2 = 117.3
population_density_sq_mi = 303.9

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 238
elevation_ft = 781
latd = 40 |latm = 52 |lats = 6 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 35 |longs = 52 |longEW = W

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blank_info = 39-63408GR|2
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blank1_info = 1087092GR|3
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Pleasant Township is one of the twelve townships of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 11,120 people in the township, 2,233 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39161 Van Wert 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:
*Union Township—north
*Hoaglin Township—northeast corner
*Ridge Township—east
*York Township—southeast corner
*Liberty Township—south
*Willshire Township—southwest corner
*Harrison Township—west
*Tully Township—northwest corner

The majority of the city of Van Wert, the county seat and largest city of Van Wert County, is located in the eastern half of Pleasant Township.

Pleasant Township is one of only two county townships (the other being Ridge Township) without a border on another county.

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.vanwertcounty.org County website]