Bennington Township, Morrow County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Bennington Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Bennington Township in Morrow County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 65.4
area_land_km2 = 65.4
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 25.3
area_land_sq_mi = 25.2
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2663
population_density_km2 = 40.7
population_density_sq_mi = 105.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 360
elevation_ft = 1181
latd = 40 |latm = 23 |lats = 3 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 47 |longs = 41 |longEW = W

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Bennington Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,663 people in the township, 2,366 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39117 Morrow County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Harmony Township - north
*Chester Township - northeast corner
*South Bloomfield Township - east
*Hilliar Township, Knox County - southeast corner
*Porter Township, Delaware County - south
*Kingston Township, Delaware County - southwest corner
*Peru Township - west
*Lincoln Township - northwest

The village of Marengo is located in northwestern Bennington Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Bennington Township is located in Licking County.

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.morrowcounty.info County website]