Hanover Township, Ashland County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Hanover Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Hanover Township in Ashland County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 84.5
area_land_km2 = 84.0
area_water_km2 = 0.5
area_total_sq_mi = 32.6
area_land_sq_mi = 32.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.2

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2520
population_density_km2 = 30.0
population_density_sq_mi = 77.7

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 367
elevation_ft = 1204
latd = 40 |latm = 36 |lats = 52 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 15 |longs = 14 |longEW = W

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Hanover Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,520 people in the township, 1,081 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39005 Ashland County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the far southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Green Township - north
*Washington Township, Holmes County - northeast
*Knox Township, Holmes County - east
*Jefferson Township, Knox County - southeast
*Brown Township, Knox County - southwest
*Worthington Township, Richland County - west
*Monroe Township, Richland County - northwest corner

Part of the village of Loudonville is located in northeastern Hanover Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Hanover Townships are located in Butler, Columbiana, and Licking Counties.

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.ashlandcounty.org County website]