Harmony Township, Morrow County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Harmony Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Harmony 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 = 62.1
area_land_km2 = 62.0
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 24.0
area_land_sq_mi = 24.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2040
population_density_km2 = 32.9
population_density_sq_mi = 85.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 372
elevation_ft = 1220
latd = 40 |latm = 27 |lats = 56 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 46 |longs = 24 |longEW = W

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Harmony Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,040 people in 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 central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Franklin Township - northeast
*Chester Township - east
*South Bloomfield Township - southeast corner
*Bennington Township - south
*Lincoln Township - west
*Gilead Township - northwest

No municipalities are located in Harmony Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Harmony Township is located in Clark 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]