Bloom Township is one of the fourteen
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
of
Morgan County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2000 census found 1,015 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Blue Rock Township, Muskingum County - north
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Meigs Township, Muskingum County - northeast corner
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Bristol Township - east
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Morgan Township - south
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Malta Township - southwest, east of Deerfield Township
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Deerfield Township - southwest, west of Malta Township
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York Township - west
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Harrison Township, Muskingum County - northwest
No municipalities are located in Bloom Township.
Name and history
Statewide, other Bloom Townships are located in
Fairfield,
Scioto,
Seneca
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People and language
* Seneca (name), a list of people with either the given name or surname
* Seneca people, one of the six Iroquois tribes of North America
** Seneca language, the language of the Seneca people
Places Extrat ...
, and
Wood
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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.
As of 2007, the trustees are Michael Gibeaut, Stanley Hopkins, and Carl Work, and the clerk is Trudy Massey.
Bloom Township Officials
, Morgan County. Accessed 2007-07-02.
References
External links
County websiteMorgan County Historical Pictures
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Townships in Morgan County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio