Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Washington 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 = 71.9
area_land_km2 = 70.7
area_water_km2 = 1.2
area_total_sq_mi = 27.7
area_land_sq_mi = 27.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.4

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 4284
population_density_km2 = 60.6
population_density_sq_mi = 156.9

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 266
elevation_ft = 873
latd = 39 |latm = 58 |lats = 54 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 57 |longs = 28 |longEW = W

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Washington Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,284 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 at the center of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Madison Township - north
*Salem Township - northeast
*Perry Township - east
*Wayne Township - south
*Springfield Township - southwest corner
*Falls Township - west
*Muskingum Township - northwest

No municipalities are located in Washington Township, although the census-designated place of Pleasant Grove is located in the southern part of the township.

Name and history

It is one of forty-three Washington 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]