Hanover Township is one of the eighteen

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, United States. The 2010 census reported 3,704 people living in the township, 3,296 of whom were in the unincorporated portions of the township. Hanover Township is home to the

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campus.

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Butler Township - north * Salem Township - northeast corner * Center Township - east * Franklin Township - southeast * East Township, Carroll County - southwest * West Township - west * Knox Township - northwest corner One village and two unincorporated communities are located in Hanover Township: *The village of Hanoverton, in the south *The unincorporated community of

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, in the southwest *The unincorporated community of

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, in the northeast

Name and history

Statewide, other Hanover townships are located in

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, Ashland, and

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counties. The township was organized in 1806.

Government

The township, 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
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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.

Township Trustees

*Jason T. Raymond, Chairman *John S. Zehentbauer, Vice Chairman *Robert L. Manfull

Fiscal Officer

*Debra J. Blazer

Infrastructure

The township has many notable and famous pieces of infrastructure across it. Three main highways include

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, and

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. The Hanoverton Canal Town District, a part of the

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, is part of the

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. Another piece of notable infrastructure includes the

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, which runs from south to north through the township.

References

External links

County website
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