Licking Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Licking 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 = 66.7
area_land_km2 = 64.9
area_water_km2 = 1.8
area_total_sq_mi = 25.8
area_land_sq_mi = 25.1
area_water_sq_mi = 0.7

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2248
population_density_km2 = 34.6
population_density_sq_mi = 89.7

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 232
elevation_ft = 761
latd = 40 |latm = 3 |lats = 23 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 8 |longs = 27 |longEW = W

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Licking Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,248 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 on the western edge of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Jackson Township - north
*Cass Township - northeast
*Muskingum Township - east
*Falls Township - southeast
*Hopewell Township - south
*Hopewell Township, Licking County - southwest corner
*Hanover Township, Licking County - west
*Perry Township, Licking County - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Licking Township, although the unincorporated community of Nashport lies in the western part of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Licking Township is located in Licking 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.

Emergency Services

The township has a strictly volunteer Fire and EMS department. There are currently 19 volunteers. The Licking Township Firehouse houses both departments and is located at 6705 Dillon Hills Dr. The property where the facility is located was donated by Tony Laymen(sp). A large portion of the labor needed to build the facility was donated by the members and families of the Fire and EMS crews.

References

External links

* [http://www.muskingumcounty.org County website]
* [http://www.firedepartments.net/Ohio/Nashport/LickingTownshipVolunteerEMSFireDeptInc.html Misc Info]