Hamilton Township is one of the fourteen
townships of
Lawrence County,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 1,648.
Geography
Located in the western corner of the county along the
Ohio River
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, it borders the following townships:
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Elizabeth Township - north
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Upper Township - east
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Green Township, Scioto County - west
Greenup County, Kentucky, lies across the Ohio River to the south.
It is the farthest downstream of Lawrence County's Ohio River townships.
Two municipalities are located on Hamilton Township's shoreline:
Hanging Rock, the smallest village in the county, in the middle; and part of
Ironton, the
county seat
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and only city of Lawrence County, in the southeast.
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.
Education
The vast majority of the township receives Pre-K through 12th grade education from the Rock Hill Local School District. Small portions of the township receive these services from the Green Local School District, or from Ironton City Schools.
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Lawrence County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio