Clark Township, Clinton County, Ohio

Clark Township, Ohio
—  Township  —
Municipalities and townships of Clinton County.
Coordinates: 39°19′8″N 83°47′59″W / 39.31889°N 83.79972°W / 39.31889; -83.79972Coordinates: 39°19′8″N 83°47′59″W / 39.31889°N 83.79972°W / 39.31889; -83.79972
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Clinton
Area
– Total	36.9 sq mi (95.5 km2)
– Land	36.9 sq mi (95.5 km2)
– Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation[1]	1,073 ft (327 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	1,861
– Density	50.5/sq mi (19.5/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-15238[2]
GNIS feature ID	1085878[1]

Clark Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,861 people in the township, 1,419 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township,^[3] up from 1,581 in 1990.

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Washington Township - north
• Green Township - northeast
• Union Township, Highland County - southeast
• Dodson Township, Highland County - south
• Jefferson Township - southwest

The entire township lies in the Virginia Military District. Clinton County's "bootheel", the odd piece of land jutting into Highland County added to bring Clinton County to the constitutionally mandated 400-square-mile (1,000 km²) area, is in the township.

The village of Martinsville is located in northern Clark Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Clark Townships are located in Brown, Coshocton, and Holmes 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 fiscal officer,^[4] 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. The trustees and clerk are chosen in non-partisan elections. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

• Clinton County Historical Society. Clinton County, Ohio, 1982. Wilmington, Ohio: The Society, 1982.
• Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 6th ed. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme, 2001. ISBN 0-89933-281-1
• Ohio. Secretary of State. The Ohio municipal and township roster, 2002-2003. Columbus, Ohio: The Secretary, 2003.

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. ^ Clinton County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
4. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

• County website