Prairie Township, Holmes County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Prairie Township, Holmes County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Holmes County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Holmes

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area_total_km2 = 79.5
area_land_km2 = 79.5
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 30.7
area_land_sq_mi = 30.7
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2785
population_density_km2 = 35.0
population_density_sq_mi = 90.7

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 257
elevation_ft = 843
latd = 40 |latm = 37 |lats = 51 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 56 |longs = 8 |longEW = W

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Prairie Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,785 people in the township, 2,399 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39075 Holmes County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Franklin Township, Wayne County - north
*Salt Creek Township, Wayne County - northeast corner
*Salt Creek Township - east
*Hardy Township - south
*Monroe Township - southwest
*Ripley Township - west
*Clinton Township, Wayne County - northwest corner

The village of Holmesville is located in central Prairie Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Prairie Township is located in Franklin 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.

References

External links

* [http://www.holmescounty.com/gov/ County website]