Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Center Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Mercer

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area_total_km2 = 78.4
area_land_km2 = 78.4
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 30.3
area_land_sq_mi = 30.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1082
population_density_km2 = 13.8
population_density_sq_mi = 35.7

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_m = 260
elevation_ft = 853
latd = 40 |latm = 36 |lats = 33 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 30 |longs = 37 |longEW = W

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Center Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,082 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39107 Mercer County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Union Township - north
*Salem Township, Auglaize County - northeast
*Noble Township, Auglaize County - southeast
*Jefferson Township - south
*Hopewell Township - west
*Dublin Township - northwest corner

A small part of the city of Celina, the county seat of Mercer County, is located in southern Center Township.

Name and history

It is one of nine Center 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.mercercountyohio.org County website]