Falls Township is one of the eleven
townships
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of
Hocking County,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 11,886.
Geography
Falls Township consists of two disconnected portions in the center and northeast of the county, separated by a short distance. While many Ohio townships are composed of disjointed pieces due to municipal annexations, separation only by other townships is very uncommon.
Its northeastern portion (known as
The Gore, or simply Gore) borders the following townships:
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Monday Creek Township, Perry County - north
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Coal Township, Perry County - east
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Ward Township - southeast
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Green Township - south
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Marion Township - west
Its southwestern portion borders the following townships:
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Marion Township - north
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Green Township - east
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Starr Township - southeast
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Washington Township - south
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Laurel Township - west
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Good Hope Township - northwest
The majority of the city of
Logan
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Places
* Mount Logan (disambiguation)
Australia
* Logan (Queensland electoral district), an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly
* Logan, Victoria, small locality near St. Arnaud
* Logan City, local gover ...
, the
county seat
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of Hocking County, is located in the southwestern portion of Falls Township.
Name and history
Falls Township takes its name from a waterfall on the Hocking River, where a mill had been built in 1814, prior to the township's formation.
Statewide, the only other Falls Township is located in
Muskingum County.
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
{{authority control
Townships in Hocking County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio