Big Island Township, Marion County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Big Island Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Big Island Township in Marion County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 91.4
area_land_km2 = 91.3
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 35.3
area_land_sq_mi = 35.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1223
population_density_km2 = 13.4
population_density_sq_mi = 34.7

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 277
elevation_ft = 909
latd = 40 |latm = 36 |lats = 30 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 14 |longs = 16 |longEW = W

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Big Island Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,223 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39101 Marion County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Salt Rock Township - north
*Grand Prairie Township - northeast corner
*Marion Township - east
*Green Camp Township - south
*Bowling Green Township - southwest
*Montgomery Township - west
*Grand Township - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Big Island Township.

Name and history

It is the only Big Island 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.co.marion.oh.us County website]