Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Guyan Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Gallia County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 81.9
area_land_km2 = 81.8
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 31.6
area_land_sq_mi = 31.6
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1199
population_density_km2 = 14.7
population_density_sq_mi = 38.0

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 214
elevation_ft = 702
latd = 38 |latm = 37 |lats = 20 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 17 |longs = 53 |longEW = W

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blank_info = 39-32760GR|2
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Guyan Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,199 people in the township, 788 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39053 Gallia County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:
*Harrison Township - north
*Clay Township - northeast corner
*Ohio Township - east
*Rome Township, Lawrence County - south
*Windsor Township, Lawrence County - southwest corner
*Mason Township, Lawrence County - west
*Walnut Township - northwest corner

Cabell County, West Virginia lies across the Ohio River to the southeast.

The farthest downstream Ohio River township in the county, it is also the most southerly township in the county.

The village of Crown City is located in southern Guyan Township. It is the third smallest village in Gallia County.

Name and history

It is the only Guyan 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.gallianet.net/Gallia/index.htm County website]