Green Township, Shelby County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Green Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Shelby

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area_total_km2 = 65.3
area_land_km2 = 65.3
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 25.2
area_land_sq_mi = 25.2
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 927
population_density_km2 = 14.2
population_density_sq_mi = 36.8

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 330
elevation_ft = 1083
latd = 40 |latm = 13 |lats = 45 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 3 |longs = 57 |longEW = W

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Green Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 927 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39149 Shelby County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Perry Township - north
*Adams Township, Champaign County - northeast
*Johnson Township, Champaign County - southeast
*Brown Township, Miami County - south
*Orange Township - west

No municipalities are located in Green Township, although the unincorporated community of Tawawa lies in the township's northeast.

Name and history

It is one of sixteen Green Townships statewide.

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.co.shelby.oh.us County website]