Claibourne Township is one of the fourteen
townships
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of
Union County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 3,481 people in the township, 2,222 of whom lived in the village of
Richwood.
Geography
Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Jackson Township - north
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Prospect Township, Marion County - northeast
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Thompson Township, Delaware County - southeast
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Leesburg Township - south
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Taylor Township - southwest
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York Township - west
The village of
Richwood is located in central Claibourne Township.
Name and history
It is the only Claibourne Township statewide, and is named after the Buller Claibourne survey. The township was organized in 1834.
[A.S. Mowry, C.E., ]
Atlas of Union County, Ohio
', Harris, Sutton & Hare, Philadelphia, 1877, Pg. 19. As of 1854, the township was also known as 'Clairbourn', and the population was 919.
[Thomas Baldwin & J. Thomas, ]
A new and complete gazetteer of the United States
', Lippincott, Grambo & Co, 1854, Pg. 241
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'' 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 of the Ge ...
. 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
County website
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Townships in Union County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio