Union Township, Lawrence County, Ohio

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


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

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area_total_km2 = 84.4
area_land_km2 = 83.7
area_water_km2 = 0.6
area_total_sq_mi = 32.6
area_land_sq_mi = 32.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.3

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 9002
population_density_km2 = 107.5
population_density_sq_mi = 278.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 180
elevation_ft = 591
latd = 38 |latm = 26 |lats = 55 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 25 |longs = 53 |longEW = W

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Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,002 people in the township, 7,540 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39087 Lawrence County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southeastern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:
*Windsor Township - north
*Rome Township - east
*Fayette Township - west
*Lawrence Township - northwest corner

Cabell County, West Virginia lies across the Ohio River to the south.

It is located upstream of most of the rest of Lawrence County's Ohio River townships.

Two villages are located along the shoreline of Union Township: Proctorville far upstream, and Chesapeake in the center.

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.lawrencecountyohio.org County website]