Cadiz Township, Harrison County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Cadiz 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 = 90.5
area_land_km2 = 89.2
area_water_km2 = 1.3
area_total_sq_mi = 35.0
area_land_sq_mi = 34.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.5

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3639
population_density_km2 = 40.8
population_density_sq_mi = 105.7

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 349
elevation_ft = 1145
latd = 40 |latm = 16 |lats = 6 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 0 |longs = 21 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 43907
area_code = 740
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blank_info = 39-10814GR|2
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Cadiz Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,639 people in the township, 331 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 south central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Archer Township - north
*Green Township - northeast
*Short Creek Township - southeast
*Athens Township - south
*Moorefield Township - southwest
*Nottingham Township - west
*Stock Township - northwest

The village of Cadiz, the county seat of Harrison County, is located in eastern Cadiz Township.

Name and history

It is the only Cadiz 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.harrisoncountyohio.org County website]