Bloomfield Township is one of the seventeen
townships
A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
of
Logan County Logan County is the name of ten current counties and one former county in the United States:
* Logan County, Arkansas
* Logan County, Colorado
* Logan County, Idaho (1889–1895)
* Logan County, Illinois
* Logan County, Kansas
* Logan County ...
,
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 417, making Bloomfield the smallest township in Logan County by population.
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Stokes Township - north
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Washington Township - east
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Pleasant Township - south
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Salem Township, Shelby County - southwest
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Jackson Township, Shelby County - west
No municipalities are located within Bloomfield Township.
Name and history
Bloomfield Township was organized in 1832.
Statewide, other Bloomfield Townships are located in
Jackson
Jackson may refer to:
Places Australia
* Jackson, Queensland, a town in the Maranoa Region
* Jackson North, Queensland, a locality in the Maranoa Region
* Jackson South, Queensland, a locality in the Maranoa Region
* Jackson oil field in Durham, ...
and
Trumbull 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, 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.
Transportation
State Route 274 passes through the northern part of Bloomfield Township.
References
External links
County websiteCounty and township map of Ohio
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Townships in Logan County, Ohio
Populated places established in 1832
1832 establishments in Ohio
Townships in Ohio