Gibson Township, Mercer County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Gibson Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Countryside and a farm in Gibson Township


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map_caption = Location of Gibson Township (red) in Mercer County, relative to the county seat of Celina (orange) and Grand Lake St. Marys (blue).


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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 = 58.4
area_land_km2 = 58.4
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 22.6
area_land_sq_mi = 22.6
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1869
population_density_km2 = 32.0
population_density_sq_mi = 82.9

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 299
elevation_ft = 981
latd = 40 |latm = 23 |lats = 43 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 45 |longs = 53 |longEW = W

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Gibson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,869 people in the township, 997 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 southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Recovery Township - north
*Granville Township - east
*Allen Township, Darke County - southeast
*Mississinawa Township, Darke County - south
*Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana - west
*Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana - northwest corner

Part of the village of Fort Recovery is located in northwestern Gibson Township.

Name and history

It is the only Gibson 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.mercercountyohio.org County website]