Blanchard Township, Hardin County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Blanchard Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Blanchard Township, Hardin County, Ohio


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

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area_total_km2 = 62.4
area_land_km2 = 62.2
area_water_km2 = 0.2
area_total_sq_mi = 24.1
area_land_sq_mi = 24.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1640
population_density_km2 = 26.4
population_density_sq_mi = 68.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 278
elevation_ft = 912
latd = 40 |latm = 46 |lats = 50 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 37 |longs = 19 |longEW = W

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Blanchard Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,640 people in the township, 688 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39065 Hardin County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 16 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Delaware Township, Hancock County - northeast
*Jackson Township - east
*Pleasant Township - south
*Cessna Township - southwest corner
*Washington Township - west
*Madison Township, Hancock County - northwest

The village of Dunkirk is located in northeastern Blanchard Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Blanchard Townships are located in Hancock and Putnam Counties.

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.hardinohio.org County website]