Green Camp Township, Marion County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Green Camp Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
nickname =
motto =

imagesize =
image_caption =


image_

mapsize = 250x200px
map_caption = Location of Green Camp Township in Marion County.


mapsize1 =
map_caption1 =

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

government_footnotes =
government_type =
leader_title =
leader_name =
leader_title1 =
leader_name1 =
established_title =
established_date =

unit_pref = Imperial
area_footnotes =

area_magnitude =
area_total_km2 = 63.1
area_land_km2 = 63.1
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 24.4
area_land_sq_mi = 24.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 1163
population_density_km2 = 18.4
population_density_sq_mi = 47.7

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 279
elevation_ft = 915
latd = 40 |latm = 31 |lats = 40 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 13 |longs = 58 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 43322
area_code = 740
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 39-31962GR|2
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = 1086579GR|3
website =
footnotes =

Green Camp Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,163 people in the township, 821 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of 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 southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Big Island Township - north
*Marion Township - northeast
*Pleasant Township - east
*Prospect Township - southeast
*Jackson Township, Union County - southwest
*Bowling Green Township - west

The village of Green Camp is located in eastern Green Camp Township.

Name and history

It is the only Green Camp 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]