Pease Township, Belmont County, Ohio

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official_name = Pease Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Belmont County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 74.1
area_land_km2 = 74.1
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 28.6
area_land_sq_mi = 28.6
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 14961
population_density_km2 = 201.8
population_density_sq_mi = 522.7

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 392
elevation_ft = 1286
latd = 40 |latm = 5 |lats = 35 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 44 |longs = 42 |longEW = W

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Pease Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 14,961 people in the township, 4,367 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39013 Belmont County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:
*Warren Township, Jefferson County - north
*Pultney Township - south
*Richland Township - southwest
*Colerain Township - west
*Mount Pleasant Township, Jefferson County - northwest

Ohio County, West Virginia lies across the Ohio River to the east.

Several municipalities are located in Pease Township:
*The village of Bridgeport in the southeast, along the Ohio River
*The village of Brookside in the south
*The city of Martins Ferry in the east, along the Ohio River
*The village of Yorkville in the northeast, along the Ohio RiverThe unincorporated community of Riverview lies in the township's southeast.

Name and history

It is the only Pease 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.belmontcountyohio.org County website]