Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Knox Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Jefferson County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 76.8
area_land_km2 = 76.0
area_water_km2 = 0.8
area_total_sq_mi = 29.7
area_land_sq_mi = 29.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.3

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 5011
population_density_km2 = 65.9
population_density_sq_mi = 170.7

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 291
elevation_ft = 955
latd = 40 |latm = 28 |lats = 51 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 38 |longs = 15 |longEW = W

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Knox Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,011 people in the township, 2,179 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39081 Jefferson County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northeastern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:
*Saline Township - north
*Island Creek Township - south
*Salem Township - southwest corner
*Ross Township - west

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

Three incorporated municipalities are located along the Ohio River in eastern Knox Township:
*Part of the village of Stratton, upstream
*The village of Empire, in the middle
*Part of the city of Toronto, downstreamAs well, the unincorporated community of New Somerset lies in the northern part of the township.

Name and history

It is one of five Knox Townships 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.jeffersoncountyoh.com County website]