Hopewell Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Hopewell 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 = 100.5
area_land_km2 = 99.3
area_water_km2 = 1.2
area_total_sq_mi = 38.8
area_land_sq_mi = 38.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.5

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3038
population_density_km2 = 30.6
population_density_sq_mi = 79.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 295
elevation_ft = 968
latd = 39 |latm = 57 |lats = 16 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 10 |longs = 57 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 43746
area_code = 740
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blank_info = 39-36372GR|2
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blank1_info = 1086721GR|3
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Hopewell Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,038 people in the township, 2,947 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of 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 on the western edge of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Licking Township - north
*Falls Township - east, north of Springfield Township
*Springfield Township - east, south of Falls Township
*Newton Township - southeast
*Madison Township, Perry County - south
*Hopewell Township, Perry County - southwest corner
*Bowling Green Township, Licking County - west, south of Hopewell Township
*Hopewell Township, Licking County - west, north of Bowling Green Township
*Hanover Township, Licking County - northwest corner

Part of the village of Gratiot is located in western Hopewell Township, and the unincorporated community of Hopewell lies at the center of the township.

Name and history

It is one of five Hopewell 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.muskingumcounty.org County website]