Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Raccoon Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Gallia County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 97.5
area_land_km2 = 96.6
area_water_km2 = 0.9
area_total_sq_mi = 37.7
area_land_sq_mi = 37.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.4

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2302
population_density_km2 = 23.8
population_density_sq_mi = 61.7

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 204
elevation_ft = 669
latd = 38 |latm = 53 |lats = 50 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 23 |longs = 7 |longEW = W

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Raccoon Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,302 people in the township, 1,253 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39053 Gallia County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Huntington Township - north
*Morgan Township - northeast corner
*Springfield Township - east
*Green Township - southeast corner
*Perry Township - south
*Madison Township, Jackson County - west
*Bloomfield Township, Jackson County - northwest corner

Two villages are located in Raccoon Township: Centerville, the smallest village in the county, in the west; and Rio Grande, the second largest village in the county, in the south.

Name and history

It is the only Raccoon Township 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.gallianet.net/Gallia/index.htm County website]