Rumley Township, Harrison County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Rumley 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 = 60.4
area_land_km2 = 60.4
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 23.3
area_land_sq_mi = 23.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1575
population_density_km2 = 26.1
population_density_sq_mi = 67.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 368
elevation_ft = 1207
latd = 40 |latm = 22 |lats = 46 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 0 |longs = 37 |longEW = W

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Rumley Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,575 people in the township, 791 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 northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Loudon Township, Carroll County - north
*North Township - east
*German Township - south
*Archer Township - west
*Perry Township, Carroll County - northwest

The village of Jewett is located in southern Rumley Township, and the unincorporated community of New Rumley lies in the township's center.

Name and history

It is the only Rumley 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]