Richland Township, Holmes County, Ohio

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official_name = Richland Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Holmes County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 96.8
area_land_km2 = 96.7
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 37.4
area_land_sq_mi = 37.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1165
population_density_km2 = 12.0
population_density_sq_mi = 31.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 337
elevation_ft = 1106
latd = 40 |latm = 29 |lats = 49 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 7 |longs = 2 |longEW = W

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Richland Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,165 people in the township, 882 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39075 Holmes County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Knox Township - north
*Monroe Township - northeast
*Killbuck Township - east
*Monroe Township, Coshocton County - southeast
*Tiverton Township, Coshocton County - south
*Union Township, Knox County - southwest
*Jefferson Township, Knox County - northwest

The village of Glenmont is located in northern Richland Township.

Name and history

It is one of twelve Richland 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.holmescounty.com/gov/ County website]