Union Township, Knox County, Ohio

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


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

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area_total_km2 = 78.4
area_land_km2 = 78.3
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 30.3
area_land_sq_mi = 30.2
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2455
population_density_km2 = 31.4
population_density_sq_mi = 81.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 326
elevation_ft = 1070
latd = 40 |latm = 26 |lats = 34 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 14 |longs = 33 |longEW = W

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Union Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,455 people in the township, 1,208 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39081 Knox County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Jefferson Township - north
*Richland Township, Holmes County - northeast
*Tiverton Township, Coshocton County - east
*Newcastle Township, Coshocton County - southeast corner
*Butler Township - south
*Harrison Township - southwest corner
*Howard Township - west
*Brown Township - northwest

Two incorporated villages are located in Union Township: Danville in the northwest, and Gann (Brinkhaven) in the northeast.

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.knoxcountyohio.org County website]