Ridge Township, Van Wert County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Ridge Township, Van Wert County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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imagesize = 250px
image_caption = Much of Ridge Township is flat farmland.


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map_caption = Location of Ridge 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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area_total_km2 = 94.2
area_land_km2 = 93.9
area_water_km2 = 0.3
area_total_sq_mi = 36.4
area_land_sq_mi = 36.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3114
population_density_km2 = 33.2
population_density_sq_mi = 85.9

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 240
elevation_ft = 787
latd = 40 |latm = 51 |lats = 56 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 32 |longs = 4 |longEW = W

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blank_info = 39-66978GR|2
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blank1_info = 1087093GR|3
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Ridge Township is one of the twelve townships of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,114 people in the township, 1,311 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:
*Hoaglin Township - north
*Jackson Township - northeast corner
*Washington Township - east
*Jennings Township - southeast corner
*York Township - south
*Liberty Township - southwest corner
*Pleasant Township - west
*Union Township - northwest corner

Part of the city of Van Wert, the county seat and largest city of Van Wert County, is located in the western half of Ridge Township.

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

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Ridge Township is located in Wyandot 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.vanwertcounty.org County website]