Grand Prairie Township, Marion County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Grand Prairie Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Grand Prairie 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 = 62.9
area_land_km2 = 62.8
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 24.3
area_land_sq_mi = 24.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1609
population_density_km2 = 25.6
population_density_sq_mi = 66.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 283
elevation_ft = 928
latd = 40 |latm = 40 |lats = 16 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 6 |longs = 39 |longEW = W

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Grand Prairie Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,609 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 northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Marseilles Township, Wyandot County - north
*Salt Rock Township - east
*Big Island Township - southeast corner
*Montgomery Township - south
*Dudley Township, Hardin County - southwest corner
*Goshen Township, Hardin County - west

No municipalities are located in Grand Prairie Township.

Name and history

It is the only Grand Prairie 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]