Bloom Township, Morgan County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Bloom Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Morgan County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 66.3
area_land_km2 = 65.2
area_water_km2 = 1.2
area_total_sq_mi = 25.6
area_land_sq_mi = 25.2
area_water_sq_mi = 0.5

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1015
population_density_km2 = 15.6
population_density_sq_mi = 40.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 265
elevation_ft = 869
latd = 39 |latm = 43 |lats = 53 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 53 |longs = 12 |longEW = W

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Bloom Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,015 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39115 Morgan 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:
*Blue Rock Township, Muskingum County - north
*Meigs Township, Muskingum County - northeast corner
*Bristol Township - east
*Morgan Township - south
*Malta Township - southwest, east of Deerfield Township
*Deerfield Township - southwest, west of Malta Township
*York Township - west
*Harrison Township, Muskingum County - northwest

No municipalities are located in Bloom Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Bloom Townships are located in Fairfield, Scioto, Seneca, and Wood 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 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.

As of 2007, the trustees are Michael Gibeaut, Stanley Hopkins, and Carl Work, and the clerk is Trudy Massey. [ [http://www.morgancounty-oh.gov/bloom%20officials.htm Bloom Township Officials] , Morgan County. Accessed 2007-07-02.]

References

External links

* [http://www.morgancounty-oh.gov County website]