Richland Township, Allen County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Richland Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Richland Township, Allen County, Ohio.


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

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area_total_km2 = 108.7
area_land_km2 = 108.6
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 42.0
area_land_sq_mi = 41.9
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 6090
population_density_km2 = 56.1
population_density_sq_mi = 145.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 252
elevation_ft = 827
latd = 40 |latm = 52 |lats = 34 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 55 |longs = 46 |longEW = W

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Richland Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,090 people in the township, 2,015 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39003 Allen County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Riley Township, Putnam County - north
*Union Township, Hancock County - northeast
*Orange Township, Hancock County - east
*Liberty Township, Hardin County - southeast corner
*Jackson Township - south
*Bath Township - southwest corner
*Monroe Township - west
*Pleasant Township, Putnam County - northwest

Two villages are located in Richland Township: Beaverdam in the southwest, and part of Bluffton in the northeast.

Name and history

It is one of twelve Richland 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.co.allen.oh.us County website]