Thorn Township, Perry County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Thorn Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Perry County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 98.5
area_land_km2 = 96.5
area_water_km2 = 2.0
area_total_sq_mi = 38.0
area_land_sq_mi = 37.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.8

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3765
population_density_km2 = 39.0
population_density_sq_mi = 101.1

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 310
elevation_ft = 1017
latd = 39 |latm = 53 |lats = 26 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 24 |longs = 52 |longEW = W

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Thorn Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,765 people in the township, 3,034 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39127 Perry County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Licking Township, Licking County - north
*Bowling Green Township, Licking County - northeast
*Hopewell Township - east
*Reading Township - southeast
*Richland Township, Fairfield County - south
*Walnut Township, Fairfield County - west
*Union Township, Licking County - northwest corner

The village of Thornville is located in northeastern Thorn Township.

Name and history

It is the only Thorn 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.perrycountyohiocofc.com County website]