Union Township, Morgan County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Union 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 = 95.0
area_land_km2 = 94.5
area_water_km2 = 0.6
area_total_sq_mi = 36.7
area_land_sq_mi = 36.5
area_water_sq_mi = 0.2

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 607
population_density_km2 = 6.4
population_density_sq_mi = 16.6

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 275
elevation_ft = 902
latd = 39 |latm = 35 |lats = 36 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 58 |longs = 26 |longEW = W

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Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 607 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 western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Deerfield Township - north
*Malta Township - northeast
*Penn Township - east
*Marion Township - southeast
*Homer Township - south
*Monroe Township, Perry County - west
*Bearfield Township, Perry County - northwest

No municipalities are located in Union Township.

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.

As of 2007, the trustees are Steve Campbell, Christopher Nichols, and Timothy Thompson, and the clerk is Marilyn Homer. [ [http://www.morgancounty-oh.gov/union%20officials.htm Union Township Officials] , Morgan County. Accessed 2007-07-02.]

References

External links

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