Athens Township, Harrison County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Athens Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Harrison County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 65.9
area_land_km2 = 65.5
area_water_km2 = 0.4
area_total_sq_mi = 25.5
area_land_sq_mi = 25.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.2

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 520
population_density_km2 = 7.9
population_density_sq_mi = 20.6

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 343
elevation_ft = 1125
latd = 40 |latm = 10 |lats = 49 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 1 |longs = 57 |longEW = W

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Athens Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 520 people in the township, 187 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39067 Harrison County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Cadiz Township - north
*Short Creek Township - east
*Wheeling Township, Belmont County - southeast
*Flushing Township, Belmont County - southwest
*Moorefield Township - west

The village of New Athens is located in southeastern Athens Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Athens Township is located in Athens 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://www.harrisoncountyohio.org County website]