Monroe Township, Harrison County, Ohio

Monroe Township, Ohio
—  Township  —
Municipalities and townships of Harrison County.
Coordinates: 40°23′48″N 81°12′24″W / 40.39667°N 81.20667°W / 40.39667; -81.20667Coordinates: 40°23′48″N 81°12′24″W / 40.39667°N 81.20667°W / 40.39667; -81.20667
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Harrison
Area
– Total	26.3 sq mi (68.1 km2)
– Land	26.3 sq mi (68.1 km2)
– Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation[1]	1,191 ft (363 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	1,241
– Density	47.2/sq mi (18.2/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-51394[2]
GNIS feature ID	1086278[1]

Monroe Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,241 people in the township, 827 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[3]

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Orange Township, Carroll County - north
• Perry Township, Carroll County - northeast
• North Township - east
• Stock Township - southeast
• Franklin Township - south
• Mill Township, Tuscarawas County - southwest
• Union Township, Tuscarawas County - northwest

The village of Bowerston is located in northeastern Monroe Township.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-two Monroe Townships statewide.^[4]

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 fiscal officer,^[5] 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 fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ Harrison County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
4. ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-16. 
5. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

• County website