Hopewell Township is one of the twenty-five
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
of
Muskingum County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2000 census found 3,038 people in the township, 2,947 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Geography
Located on the western edge of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Licking Township - north
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Falls Township - east, north of Springfield Township
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Springfield Township - east, south of Falls Township
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Newton Township - southeast
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Madison Township, Perry County - south
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Hopewell Township, Perry County - southwest corner
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Bowling Green Township, Licking County - west, south of Hopewell Township
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Hopewell Township, Licking County - west, north of Bowling Green Township
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Hanover Township, Licking County - northwest corner
Part of the village of
Gratiot is located in western Hopewell Township, and the
unincorporated community
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of
Hopewell lies at the center of the township.
Name and history
It is one of five
Hopewell Townships statewide.
Hopewell Township was described in 1833 as having four churches and three physicians.
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 G ...
. 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 Muskingum County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio