Batavia Township is one of the fourteen
townships of
Clermont County
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,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2010 census the township population was 23,280,
up from 17,503 in 2000.
Geography
Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Stonelick Township - north
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Jackson Township - northeast
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Williamsburg Township - east
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Tate Township - southeast
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Monroe Township - south
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Pierce Township - southwest
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Union Township - northwest
The incorporated village and
county seat
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of
Batavia
Batavia may refer to:
Historical places
* Batavia (region), a land inhabited by the Batavian people during the Roman Empire, today part of the Netherlands
* Batavia, Dutch East Indies, present-day Jakarta, the former capital of the Dutch East In ...
is located in the center of the Township. Parts of the former village of
Amelia (dissolved in 2019) are located in the southwest.
Name and history
Batavia Township was organized in 1815. It is the only Batavia Township statewide.
Economy
American Modern Insurance Group, Inc. is based in the township.
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 Ohio Revised Code. 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.
References
External links
Township websiteCounty website
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Townships in Clermont County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio