- Chester Township, Morrow County, Ohio
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Chester Township, Ohio — Township — Chester Town Hall
Location of Chester Township in Morrow County.
Coordinates: 40°27′30″N 82°41′16″W / 40.45833°N 82.68778°WCoordinates: 40°27′30″N 82°41′16″W / 40.45833°N 82.68778°W Country United States State Ohio County Morrow Area – Total 26.5 sq mi (68.5 km2) – Land 26.4 sq mi (68.4 km2) – Water 0.1 sq mi (0.1 km2) Elevation[1] 1,122 ft (342 m) Population (2000) – Total 1,655 – Density 62.7/sq mi (24.2/km2) Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) – Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4) FIPS code 39-14030[2] GNIS feature ID 1086700[1] Chester Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,655 people in the township, 1,462 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]
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Geography
Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Franklin Township - north
- Middlebury Township, Knox County - northeast corner
- Wayne Township, Knox County - east
- Liberty Township, Knox County - southeast corner
- South Bloomfield Township - south
- Bennington Township - southwest corner
- Harmony Township - west
The village of Chesterville is located in northern Chester Township.
Name and history
It is one of five Chester Townships statewide.[4]
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 fiscal officer,[5] 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 fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.
References
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Morrow County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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Municipalities and communities of Morrow County, Ohio City 
Villages Cardington | Chesterville | Edison | Fulton | Marengo | Mount Gilead | Sparta
Townships Bennington | Canaan | Cardington | Chester | Congress | Franklin | Gilead | Harmony | Lincoln | North Bloomfield | Perry | Peru | South Bloomfield | Troy | Washington | Westfield
Unincorporated
communitiesFootnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Townships in Morrow County, Ohio
- Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area
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