Rush Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Rush Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Tuscarawas County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 77.0
area_land_km2 = 76.9
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 29.7
area_land_sq_mi = 29.7
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 887
population_density_km2 = 11.5
population_density_sq_mi = 29.9

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 361
elevation_ft = 1184
latd = 40 |latm = 19 |lats = 35 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 20 |longs = 33 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 44683
area_code = 740
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blank_info = 39-69106GR|2
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Rush Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 887 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39177 Tuscarawas 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:
*Mill Township - north
*Franklin Township, Harrison County - east
*Washington Township, Harrison County - southeast
*Perry Township - south
*Washington Township - southwest corner
*Clay Township - west
*Warwick Township - northwest

Part of the village of Gnadenhutten is located in northwestern Rush Township, and the unincorporated community of Stillwater lies in the eastern part of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Rush Townships are located in Champaign and Scioto Counties.

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, 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. The current trustees are Scott Armstrong, Fred Edwards, and Larry McCleary, and the fiscal officer is Myron Armstrong. [ [http://www.co.tuscarawas.oh.us/Engineer/Trustees.htm Tuscarawas County, Ohio — Engineer: Joseph S. Bachman] . Tuscarawas County. Accessed 2007-06-01.]

References

External links

* [http://www.co.tuscarawas.oh.us County website]