Falls Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Falls Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Muskingum County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 67.8
area_land_km2 = 64.6
area_water_km2 = 3.3
area_total_sq_mi = 26.2
area_land_sq_mi = 24.9
area_water_sq_mi = 1.3

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 8585
population_density_km2 = 133.0
population_density_sq_mi = 344.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 223
elevation_ft = 732
latd = 39 |latm = 58 |lats = 59 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 2 |longs = 5 |longEW = W

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Falls Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,585 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39119 Muskingum County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Muskingum Township - north
*Washington Township - east
*Wayne Township - southeast corner
*Springfield Township - south
*Hopewell Township - west
*Licking Township - northwest

Much of the city of Zanesville, the county seat of Muskingum County, occupies eastern Falls Township, and the census-designated place of North Zanesville is located northeast of the city of Zanesville.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Falls Township is located in Hocking County.

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.muskingumcounty.org County website]