Dover Township is one of the fourteen
townships of
Union County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 2,326 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Leesburg Township - north
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Scioto Township, Delaware County - east
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Millcreek Township - south
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Paris Township - west
A small part of the city of
Marysville, the
county seat
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of Union County, is located in southwestern Dover Township. The unincorporated area of
New Dover, Ohio is also located in the township.
Name and history
Statewide, other Dover Townships are located in
Athens
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,
Fulton, and
Tuscarawas counties.
The township was organized in 1839.
[A.S. Mowry, C.E., ]
Atlas of Union County, Ohio
', Harris, Sutton & Hare, Philadelphia, 1877, Pg. 20.
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
County website
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Townships in Union County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio