Green Township, Scioto County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Green Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Scioto County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 101.7
area_land_km2 = 100.4
area_water_km2 = 1.3
area_total_sq_mi = 39.3
area_land_sq_mi = 38.8
area_water_sq_mi = 0.5

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 4079
population_density_km2 = 40.6
population_density_sq_mi = 105.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 269
elevation_ft = 883
latd = 38 |latm = 39 |lats = 14 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 49 |longs = 31 |longEW = W

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Green Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,079 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=390145 Scioto County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the far south of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:
*Porter Township - north
*Vernon Township - northeast
*Elizabeth Township, Lawrence County - east
*Hamilton Township, Lawrence County - southeast
Greenup County, Kentucky lies across the Ohio River to the west.

No municipalities are located in Green Township, although the census-designated place of Franklin Furnace lies in the northeastern part of the township, and the unincorporated community of Haverhill lies in the south of the township. Both of these communities are Ohio River towns.

Name and history

It is one of sixteen Green Townships statewide.

Origins of Green Township date to between 1803 and 1811. The community of Haverhill was settled as early as 1797. The Powellsville community dates to July 31, 1846.cite news|title=Portsmouth Area Resource Guide, 2007-2008|publisher="The Community Common"|page=6|date=2007-07-29|accessdate=2007-07-29]

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.sciotocountyohio.com County website]