Leesburg Township, Union County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Leesburg Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Union County


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

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area_total_km2 = 79.3
area_land_km2 = 79.3
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 30.6
area_land_sq_mi = 30.6
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1438
population_density_km2 = 18.1
population_density_sq_mi = 47.0

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 292
elevation_ft = 958
latd = 40 |latm = 20 |lats = 29 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 18 |longs = 14 |longEW = W

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Leesburg Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,438 people in the township, 1,115 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39159 Union County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Claibourne Township - north
*Thompson Township, Delaware County - northeast
*Scioto Township, Delaware County - southeast
*Dover Township - south
*Paris Township - southwest
*Taylor Township - west

The village of Magnetic Springs is located in northeastern Leesburg Township.

Name and history

It is the only Leesburg Township 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.co.union.oh.us Union County website]