Berlin Township, Delaware County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Berlin Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Delaware County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 67.6
area_land_km2 = 58.3
area_water_km2 = 9.2
area_total_sq_mi = 26.1
area_land_sq_mi = 22.5
area_water_sq_mi = 3.6

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3315
population_density_km2 = 56.9
population_density_sq_mi = 147.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 288
elevation_ft = 945
latd = 40 |latm = 14 |lats = 7 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 59 |longs = 2 |longEW = W

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Berlin Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,315 people in the township, 3,313 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39041 Delaware County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Brown Township - north
*Kingston Township - northeast corner
*Berkshire Township - east
*Genoa Township - southeast corner
*Orange Township - south
*Liberty Township - southwest
*Delaware Township - northwest

A small part of the city of Delaware, the county seat of Delaware County, is located in northwestern Berlin Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Berlin Townships are located in Erie, Holmes, Knox, and Mahoning Counties.

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.delaware.oh.us County website]