Springfield Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Springfield Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Muskingum County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 48.3
area_land_km2 = 48.1
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 18.6
area_land_sq_mi = 18.6
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 5433
population_density_km2 = 112.8
population_density_sq_mi = 292.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 262
elevation_ft = 860
latd = 39 |latm = 54 |lats = 32 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 2 |longs = 20 |longEW = W

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Springfield Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,433 people in the township, 3,562 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39119 Muskingum County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Falls Township - north
*Washington Township - northeast corner
*Wayne Township - east
*Brush Creek Township - southeast
*Newton Township - southwest
*Hopewell Township - northwest

Two municipalities are located in Springfield Township: the village of South Zanesville in the southwest, and part of the city of Zanesville, the county seat of Muskingum County, in the northeast.

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.muskingumcounty.org County website]