Roundhead Township, Hardin County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Roundhead Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Roundhead 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 = 67.0
area_land_km2 = 67.0
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 25.9
area_land_sq_mi = 25.9
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 752
population_density_km2 = 11.2
population_density_sq_mi = 29.1

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 314
elevation_ft = 1030
latd = 40 |latm = 34 |lats = 57 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 50 |longs = 55 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 43346
area_code = 937
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blank_info = 39-68784GR|2
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Roundhead Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 752 people in 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 southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Marion Township - north
*McDonald Township - east
*Richland Township, Logan County - southeast
*Stokes Township, Logan County - southwest
*Goshen Township, Auglaize County - west, south of Wayne Township
*Wayne Township, Auglaize County - west, north of Goshen Township
*Auglaize Township, Allen County - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Roundhead Township, although the unincorporated community of Roundhead lies in the township's southeast.

Name and history

It is the only Roundhead Township statewide and is named for a Wyandot chief who inhabited the area in the early 19th century. [ [http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Hardin/HarChapII.htm History, Hardin Co., Ohio ] ]

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]