Oxford Township, Guernsey County, Ohio

Oxford Township, Ohio
—  Township  —
Municipalities and townships of Guernsey County.
Coordinates: 40°3′32″N 81°16′39″W / 40.05889°N 81.2775°W / 40.05889; -81.2775Coordinates: 40°3′32″N 81°16′39″W / 40.05889°N 81.2775°W / 40.05889; -81.2775
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Guernsey
Area
– Total	30.1 sq mi (78.1 km2)
– Land	30.1 sq mi (78.1 km2)
– Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation[1]	1,050 ft (320 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	677
– Density	22.5/sq mi (8.7/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-59290[2]
GNIS feature ID	1086188[1]

Oxford Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 677 people in the township, 596 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[3]

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Londonderry Township - north
• Kirkwood Township, Belmont County - northeast
• Warren Township, Belmont County - southeast
• Millwood Township - south
• Wills Township - west
• Madison Township - northwest

Part of the village of Fairview is located in eastern Oxford Township.

Name and history

It is one of six Oxford Townships statewide.^[4]

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 fiscal officer,^[5] 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 fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ Guernsey County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
4. ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-16. 
5. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

• County website