Middlebury Township, Knox County, Ohio

Middlebury Township, Ohio
—  Township  —
Municipalities and townships of Knox County.
Coordinates: 40°30′55″N 82°35′12″W / 40.51528°N 82.58667°W / 40.51528; -82.58667Coordinates: 40°30′55″N 82°35′12″W / 40.51528°N 82.58667°W / 40.51528; -82.58667
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Knox
Area
– Total	20.9 sq mi (54.2 km2)
– Land	20.5 sq mi (53.2 km2)
– Water	0.4 sq mi (1.0 km2)
Elevation[1]	1,129 ft (344 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	1,138
– Density	55.4/sq mi (21.4/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-49658[2]
GNIS feature ID	1086404[1]

Middlebury Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,138 people in the township.^[3]

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Perry Township, Richland County - north
• Jefferson Township, Richland County - northeast
• Berlin Township - east
• Morris Township - southeast corner
• Wayne Township - south
• Chester Township, Morrow County - southwest corner
• Franklin Township, Morrow County - west
• Perry Township, Morrow County - northwest

A small part of the village of Fredericktown is located in southeastern Middlebury Township.

Name and history

It is the only Middlebury Township statewide.^[4]

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 fiscal officer,^[5] 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 fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ Knox County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
4. ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-16. 
5. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

• County website