Huntington Township, Brown County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Huntington Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Brown County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 88.6
area_land_km2 = 87.0
area_water_km2 = 1.6
area_total_sq_mi = 34.2
area_land_sq_mi = 33.6
area_water_sq_mi = 0.6

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2968
population_density_km2 = 34.1
population_density_sq_mi = 88.4

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 238
elevation_ft = 781
latd = 38 |latm = 41 |lats = 21 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 45 |longs = 30 |longEW = W

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Huntington Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,968 people in the township, 1,365 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39015 Brown County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:
*Byrd Township - north
*Liberty Township, Adams County - northeast
*Sprigg Township, Adams County - east
*Union Township - northwest
Mason County, Kentucky lies across the Ohio River to the southwest.

It is the most southerly township in Brown County.

The village of Aberdeen is located in southwestern Huntington Township, along the Ohio River.

Name and history

Statewide, other Huntington Townships are located in Gallia, Lorain, and Ross Counties.

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.county.brown.oh.us County website]