Clark Township is one of the fourteen
townships of
Holmes County,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census the population of the township was 4,322.
Geography
Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Walnut Creek Township - north
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Sugar Creek Township, Tuscarawas County - northeast
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Auburn Township, Tuscarawas County - east
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Bucks Township, Tuscarawas County - southeast
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Crawford Township, Coshocton County - south
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Mill Creek Township, Coshocton County - southwest corner
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Mechanic Township - west
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Berlin Township - northwest
Part of the village of
Baltic is located in southeastern Clark Township, and the
unincorporated communities of
Charm,
Farmerstown, and
Unionville lie in the northwestern, central, and northeastern parts of the township.
Name and history
Statewide, other Clark Townships are located in
Brown
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In the ...
,
Clinton, and
Coshocton counties. It was originally named German Township, but its name was changed to Clark Township in the 1910s.
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
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. 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 Holmes County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio