Elizabeth Township, Lawrence County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Elizabeth 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 = 135.7
area_land_km2 = 135.0
area_water_km2 = 0.7
area_total_sq_mi = 52.4
area_land_sq_mi = 52.1
area_water_sq_mi = 0.3

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2914
population_density_km2 = 21.6
population_density_sq_mi = 55.9

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 189
elevation_ft = 620
latd = 38 |latm = 38 |lats = 12 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 40 |longs = 54 |longEW = W

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Elizabeth Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,914 people in 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 western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Decatur Township - north
*Aid Township - east
*Lawrence Township - southeast
*Upper Township - south
*Hamilton Township - southwest
*Green Township, Scioto County - west
*Vernon Township, Scioto County - northwest

No municipalities are located in Elizabeth Township, although the unincorporated communities of Etna and Pedro lie in the eastern part of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Elizabeth Township is located in Miami County.

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]