Falls Township, Hocking County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Falls Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Hocking County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 129.8
area_land_km2 = 128.6
area_water_km2 = 1.2
area_total_sq_mi = 50.1
area_land_sq_mi = 49.6
area_water_sq_mi = 0.5

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 11409
population_density_km2 = 88.7
population_density_sq_mi = 229.8

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 222
elevation_ft = 728
latd = 39 |latm = 32 |lats = 35 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 24 |longs = 35 |longEW = W

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Falls Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 11,409 people in the township, 5,010 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39073 Hocking County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Falls Township consists of two disconnected portions in the center and northeast of the county, separated by a short distance. While many Ohio townships are composed of disjointed pieces due to municipal annexations, separation only by other townships is very uncommon.

Its northeastern portion borders the following townships:
*Monday Creek Township, Perry County - north
*Coal Township, Perry County - east
*Ward Township - southeast
*Green Township - south
*Marion Township - west

Its southwestern portion borders the following townships:
*Marion Township - north
*Green Township - east
*Starr Township - southeast
*Washington Township - south
*Laurel Township - west
*Good Hope Township - northwest

The majority of the city of Logan, the county seat of Hocking County, is located in the southwestern portion of Falls Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Falls Township is located in Muskingum County.

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.co.hocking.oh.us County website]