Springfield Township, Gallia County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Springfield 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 = 95.4
area_land_km2 = 95.2
area_water_km2 = 0.2
area_total_sq_mi = 36.8
area_land_sq_mi = 36.8
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3181
population_density_km2 = 33.4
population_density_sq_mi = 86.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 211
elevation_ft = 692
latd = 38 |latm = 53 |lats = 52 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 16 |longs = 43 |longEW = W

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Springfield Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,181 people in 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 northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Morgan Township - north
*Cheshire Township - northeast corner
*Addison Township - east
*Gallipolis Township - southeast corner
*Green Township - south
*Perry Township - southwest corner
*Raccoon Township - west
*Huntington Township - northwest corner

Springfield Township is one of only two county townships without a border on another county.

No municipalities are located in Springfield Township, although the unincorporated communities of Bidwell and Kerr are located near the center of the township.

Name and history

It is one of eleven Springfield 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.gallianet.net/Gallia/index.htm County website]