Hale Township, Hardin County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Hale Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Hale 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 = 94.7
area_land_km2 = 94.6
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 36.5
area_land_sq_mi = 36.5
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1559
population_density_km2 = 16.5
population_density_sq_mi = 42.7

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 320
elevation_ft = 1050
latd = 40 |latm = 31 |lats = 49 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 32 |longs = 13 |longEW = W

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Hale Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,559 people in the township, 705 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 southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Dudley Township - north
*Bowling Green Township, Marion County - east
*Washington Township, Union County - southeast
*Bokes Creek Township, Logan County - southwest
*Buck Township - west
*Taylor Creek Township - northwest

Two villages are located in Hale Township: Mount Victory in the center, and part of Ridgeway in the southeast along the border with Bokes Creek Township.

Name and history

It is the only Hale Township 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.hardinohio.org County website]