Green Camp Township is one of the fifteen
townships
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of
Marion County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 1,080 people in the township, 310 of whom lived in the village of
Green Camp.
Geography
Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Big Island Township - north
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Marion Township - northeast
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Pleasant Township - east
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Prospect Township - southeast
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Jackson Township, Union County - southwest
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Bowling Green Township - west
The village of
Green Camp is located in eastern Green Camp Township.
Name and history
It is the only Green Camp Township statewide.
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 Marion County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio