Monroe Township, Clermont County, Ohio

Monroe Township, Ohio
—  Township  —
Municipalities and townships of Clermont County.
Coordinates: 38°56′50″N 84°11′25″W / 38.94722°N 84.19028°W / 38.94722; -84.19028Coordinates: 38°56′50″N 84°11′25″W / 38.94722°N 84.19028°W / 38.94722; -84.19028
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Clermont
Area
– Total	31.7 sq mi (82.1 km2)
– Land	31.6 sq mi (81.8 km2)
– Water	0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation[1]	879 ft (268 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	8,236
– Density	260.7/sq mi (100.7/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-51338[2]
GNIS feature ID	1085867[1]

Monroe Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,236 people in the township.^[3]

Geography

Located in the southwestern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:

• Batavia Township - north
• Tate Township - east
• Washington Township - south
• Ohio Township - west
• Pierce Township - northwest

Campbell County, Kentucky lies across the Ohio River to the southwest.

No municipalities are located in Monroe Township, although the unincorporated community of Point Pleasant lies in the township's south along the Ohio River.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-two Monroe 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. ^ Clermont 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