Union Township, Brown County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Union Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Brown County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 100.0
area_land_km2 = 98.3
area_water_km2 = 1.8
area_total_sq_mi = 38.6
area_land_sq_mi = 38.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.7

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3015
population_density_km2 = 30.7
population_density_sq_mi = 79.4

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 170
elevation_ft = 558
latd = 38 |latm = 45 |lats = 0 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 49 |longs = 46 |longEW = W

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Union Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,015 people in the township, 1,270 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39015 Brown County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:
*Byrd Township - northeast
*Huntington Township - southeast
*Jefferson Township - north
*Pleasant Township - northwest
Kentucky lies across the Ohio River to the southwest: Mason County to the south, and Bracken County to the west.

The village of Ripley is located in southwestern Union Township, along the Ohio River.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-seven Union 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.county.brown.oh.us County website]