Salt Rock Township, Marion County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Salt Rock Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Salt Rock 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 = 63.6
area_land_km2 = 63.6
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 24.5
area_land_sq_mi = 24.5
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 699
population_density_km2 = 11.0
population_density_sq_mi = 28.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_m = 278
elevation_ft = 912
latd = 40 |latm = 41 |lats = 11 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 13 |longs = 30 |longEW = W

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Salt Rock Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 699 people in the township, 311 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 northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Pitt Township, Wyandot County - north
*Antrim Township, Wyandot County - northeast corner
*Grand Prairie Township - east
*Marion Township - southeast corner
*Big Island Township - south
*Montgomery Township - southwest corner
*Grand Township - west
*Marseilles Township, Wyandot County - northwest

The village of Morral is located in northeastern Salt Rock Township.

Name and history

It is the only Salt Rock 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.

Notable residents

*John Purdue 1802-1876, born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. He was a famous industrialist based in Lafayette, Indiana and the primary original benefactor of Purdue University.

References

External links

* [http://www.co.marion.oh.us County website]