Elk Township, Vinton County, Ohio

Elk Township, Vinton County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Elk Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Vinton County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 98.6
area_land_km2 = 98.5
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 38.1
area_land_sq_mi = 38.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3134
population_density_km2 = 31.8
population_density_sq_mi = 82.4

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 225
elevation_ft = 738
latd = 39 |latm = 14 |lats = 52 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 28 |longs = 19 |longEW = W

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Elk Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,134 people in the township, 1,246 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39163 Vinton County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 16 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Swan Township: north
*Brown Township: northeast corner
*Madison Township: east
*Vinton Township: southeast corner
*Clinton Township: south
*Richland Township: west
*Jackson Township: northwest

It is one of only two townships in Vinton County without a border on other counties.

The village of McArthur, the county seat and largest village of Vinton County, is located in central Elk Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Elk Township is located in Noble County, plus an Elkrun Township in Columbiana 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://vintoncountyoh.gov County website]


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