Pierce Township, Clermont County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Pierce Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Clermont County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 59.2
area_land_km2 = 58.9
area_water_km2 = 0.3
area_total_sq_mi = 22.9
area_land_sq_mi = 22.7
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 12226
population_density_km2 = 207.5
population_density_sq_mi = 537.4

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 274
elevation_ft = 899
latd = 39 |latm = 1 |lats = 23 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 15 |longs = 53 |longEW = W

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Pierce Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 12,226 people in the township, 10,321 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39025 Clermont County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the western part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:
*Union Township - north
*Batavia Township - northeast
*Monroe Township - southeast
*Ohio Township - south
*Anderson Township, Hamilton County - northwest
Campbell County, Kentucky lies across the Ohio River to the southwest.

The village of Amelia is located in eastern Pierce Township, and part of the census-designated place of Withamsville is located in the township's north.

Name and history

It is the only Pierce 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.co.clermont.oh.us County website]