- Pleasant Township, Perry County, Ohio
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Pleasant Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Perry County.
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subdivision_name =United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 =Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Perrygovernment_footnotes =
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area_total_km2 = 42.0
area_land_km2 = 41.0
area_water_km2 = 0.9
area_total_sq_mi = 16.2
area_land_sq_mi = 15.8
area_water_sq_mi = 0.4population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 794
population_density_km2 = 19.3
population_density_sq_mi = 50.1timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 280
elevation_ft = 919
latd = 39 |latm = 39 |lats = 23 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 7 |longs = 28 |longEW = Wpostal_code_type =
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blank_info = 39-63366GR|2
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blank1_info = 1086788GR|3
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footnotes =Pleasant Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County,
Ohio ,United States . The 2000 census found 794 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39127 Perry County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates]Ohio State University , 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]Geography
Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Bearfield Township - northeast
*Monroe Township - southeast
*Salt Lick Township - southwest
*Pike Township - northwestNo municipalities are located in Pleasant Township, although the unincorporated community of Moxahala lies in the township's north.
Name and history
It is one of fifteen Pleasant 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.perrycountyohiocofc.com County website]
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