Granville Township, Mercer County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Granville 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 = 101.5
area_land_km2 = 101.5
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 39.2
area_land_sq_mi = 39.2
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3885
population_density_km2 = 38.3
population_density_sq_mi = 99.1

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 304
elevation_ft = 997
latd = 40 |latm = 23 |lats = 58 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 38 |longs = 11 |longEW = W

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Granville Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,885 people in the township, 1,434 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of 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 southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Butler Township - north
*Marion Township - east
*Wabash Township, Darke County - southeast
*Allen Township, Darke County - southwest
*Gibson Township - west
*Recovery Township - northwest

Two incorporated villages are located in Granville Township: part of Burkettsville in the south, and St. Henry in the north.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Granville Township is located in Licking County.

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]