Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location within Montgomery County


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

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area_total_km2 = 80.8
area_land_km2 = 80.8
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 31.2
area_land_sq_mi = 31.2
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 52991
population_density_km2 = 655.9
population_density_sq_mi = 1698.8

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 292
elevation_ft = 958
latd = 39 |latm = 38 |lats = 3 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 9 |longs = 48 |longEW = W

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blank_info = 39-81494GR|2
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blank1_info = 1086681GR|3
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Washington Township is one of the nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 52,991 people in the township, 29,967 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39113 Montgomery County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Washington Township and Centerville will vote November 4, 2008 on whether to create a merger study commission. [http://www.daytondailynews.com/search/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/08/22/ddn082208elexweb.html]

Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and city:
*Kettering - north
*Sugarcreek Township, Greene County - east
*Wayne Township, Warren County - southeast
*Clearcreek Township, Warren County - south
*Miami Township - west

Because most of eastern Montgomery County is urbanized, Washington Township is the only civil township in the county to border Greene County.

Several populated places are located in Washington Township:
*Part of the city of Kettering, in the north
*Part of the city of Centerville, in the center
*The census-designated place of Woodbourne-Hyde Park, in the northwest

Name and history

It is one of forty-three Washington Townships 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.

The township's library system and the neighboring Centerville school system (which serves students of Washington Township) are ranked highly on state and national scales. [cite web | title=History of the Washington-Centerville Public Library | url=http://www.wcpl.lib.oh.us/library/history.html] [cite web | title=Oakwood, Centerville nationally ranked | url=http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2006/05/02/oakwood_centerv_1.html | accessdate=2006-08-11 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.washingtontwp.org Township website]
* [http://www.co.montgomery.oh.us County website]