Cass Township is one of the seventeen
townships of
Hancock County,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 1,008.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Bloom Township, Wood County - north
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Perry Township, Wood County - northeast corner
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Washington Township - east
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Biglick Township - southeast corner
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Marion Township - south
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Allen Township - west
No municipalities are located in Cass Township.
Name and history
Statewide, other Cass Townships are located in
Muskingum and
Richland counties.
Cass Township was organized in 1833. It was named for
Lewis Cass
Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782June 17, 1866) was a United States Army officer and politician. He represented Michigan in the United States Senate and served in the Cabinets of two U.S. Presidents, Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. He was also the 1 ...
, who had then recently served as Territorial Governor of Michigan.
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
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' (ORC) contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments o ...
. 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
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Townships in Hancock County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio