Clark Township, Holmes County, Ohio

Clark Township, Holmes County, Ohio
—  Township  —
Municipalities and townships of Holmes County.
Coordinates: 40°28′24″N 81°44′21″W / 40.47333°N 81.73917°W / 40.47333; -81.73917Coordinates: 40°28′24″N 81°44′21″W / 40.47333°N 81.73917°W / 40.47333; -81.73917
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Holmes
Area
– Total	34.6 sq mi (89.5 km2)
– Land	34.5 sq mi (89.5 km2)
– Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation[1]	1,056 ft (322 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	3,728
– Density	107.9/sq mi (41.7/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-15280[2]
GNIS feature ID	1086328[1]

Clark Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,728 people in the township, 3,614 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[3]

Geography

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

• Walnut Creek Township - north
• Sugar Creek Township, Tuscarawas County - northeast
• Auburn Township, Tuscarawas County - east
• Bucks Township, Tuscarawas County - southeast
• Crawford Township, Coshocton County - south
• Mill Creek Township, Coshocton County - southwest corner
• Mechanic Township - west
• Berlin Township - northwest

Part of the village of Baltic is located in southeastern Clark Township, and the unincorporated community of Charm lies in the northwestern part of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Clark Townships are located in Brown, Clinton, and Coshocton Counties. It was originally named German Township, but its name was changed to Clark Township in the 1910s.^[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. ^ Holmes County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
4. ^ Fourteenth Census of the United States: State Compendium, Volume 34: Ohio: Statistics of population occupations, agriculture, manufactures, and mines and quarries for the State, counties, and cities. Footnote 10. Bureau of the Census, United States Department of Commerce. 1925.
5. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

• County website