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Aid Township is one of the fourteen
townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
of Lawrence County,
Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
, United States. The township had a population of 819 at the 2020 census.


Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Symmes Township - north * Walnut Township, Gallia County - northeast corner * Mason Township - east * Windsor Township - southeast corner * Lawrence Township - south * Elizabeth Township - west * Decatur Township - northwest No municipalities are located in Aid Township.


Name and history

It is the only Aid 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 fiscal officer,§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the
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. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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.


Education

The majority of Aid Township's educational services are provided by the Symmes Valley Local School District (K-12), although portions of the township are educationally served by the
Rock Hill Local School District The Rock Hill Local School District is a local school district in Ohio. The central location for its offices and school campuses is just outside Ironton, Ohio. It currently operates four schools: the Rock Hill Child Development Center (Pre-K), ...
(Pre-K-12).


Notable Person

* Simeon Slavens Willis, 46th Governor of Kentucky


References


External links


County website
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