Marion Township, Pike County, Ohio

Marion Township, Pike County, Ohio
—  Township  —
A barn in the township
Municipalities and townships of Pike County.
Coordinates: 38°59′48″N 82°50′27″W / 38.99667°N 82.84083°W / 38.99667; -82.84083Coordinates: 38°59′48″N 82°50′27″W / 38.99667°N 82.84083°W / 38.99667; -82.84083
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Pike
Area
– Total	22.6 sq mi (58.6 km2)
– Land	22.6 sq mi (58.6 km2)
– Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation[1]	892 ft (272 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	1,351
– Density	59.7/sq mi (23.1/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-47824[2]
GNIS feature ID	1086811[1]

Marion Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,351 people in the township, 1,068 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[3]

Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Beaver Township - north
• Scioto Township, Jackson County - east
• Madison Township, Scioto County - south
• Union Township - west

Part of the village of Beaver is located in northern Marion Township, and the unincorporated community of Stockdale lies in the southern part of the township.

Name and history

It is one of twelve Marion 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

1. ^ ^{a b} "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ Pike County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
4. ^ "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. 
5. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

• Pike County visitors bureau website