German Township, Clark County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = German Township, Clark County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Farmland in far western German Township


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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Clark County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 87.3
area_land_km2 = 87.2
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 33.7
area_land_sq_mi = 33.7
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 7663
population_density_km2 = 87.9
population_density_sq_mi = 227.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 327
elevation_ft = 1073
latd = 39 |latm = 58 |lats = 57 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 51 |longs = 44 |longEW = W

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blank_info = 39-29862GR|2
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German Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,336 people in the township, 7,012 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39023 Clark County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Mad River Township, Champaign County - north
*Urbana Township, Champaign County - northeast corner
*Moorefield Township - east
*Springfield Township - southeast
*Bethel Township - southwest
*Pike Township - west
*Jackson Township, Champaign County - northwest corner

Several communities are located in German Township:
*Lawrenceville, an unincorporated community in the center of the township
*Part of Springfield, the county seat of Clark County, in the southeast of the township
*Tremont City, a village in the northeast of the township

Name and history

It is one of five German 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.clarkcountyohio.gov County website]