Miami Township is one of the nine

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of Montgomery County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 50,735.

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships and cities: *

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- north *

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- northeast * Washington Township - east * Clearcreek Township, Warren County - southeast * Franklin Township, Warren County - south * German Township - west * Jefferson Township - northwest Several cities are located in Miami Township: *Part of

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, in the southwest *

Miamisburg Miamisburg ( ) is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio. The population was 20,181 at the time of the 2010 census. A suburb of Dayton. It is part of the Dayton metropolitan area. Miamisburg is known for its large industry (mainly for its nuclear ...

, in the center *Part of Springboro, in the southeast *Part of West Carrollton, in the north The township is highly urbanized in its eastern half, nearest to Miamisburg and Kettering. Ohio law prohibits townships from collecting income taxes from residents; thus, the township has seen higher growth than incorporated towns nearby.

Name and history

Statewide, other Miami Townships are located in Clermont,

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, and Logan Counties. In 1833, Miami Township contained eight

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s, six saw mills, six distilleries, and one cotton factory.

Economy

Miami Township is home to the American offices of

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information systems and a regional office of

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insurance. It is also home to the area's oldest major shopping area, the

Dayton Mall Dayton Mall is a shopping mall in Miami Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Dayton. The mall's anchor stores are Dick's Sporting Goods, DSW, Guitar Center, H&M, JCPenney, Kirkland's, LensCrafters, Macy's, Morris Home Fu ...

, and it has Southview Hospital, a member of the Kettering Medical Center Network, a

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facility.

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, 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. Property taxes are used to fund police and fire departments.

Transportation

It lies at a major access point to both

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and Interstate 675.

Education

Children from Miami Township attend the schools of

, or West Carrollton. Bishop Leibold School, a Catholic school named for

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, is partially located in Miami Township. Bishop Leibold School has two campuses: the west campus, preschoolers through third graders attend the west campus in Miamisburg, while fourth through eighth graders attend the east campus in Miami Township. Bishop Leibold School was awarded the National Blue Ribbon Award in 2008. Bishop Leibold has also been working to improve its STEM education and as a result was awarded the Governor's Thomas Edison Award for Excellence in STEM Education each year from 2010 to 2014. In its most recent school year for receiving the award (2013-2014) it was the only Dayton-area grade school to be recognized.

References

External links

Township websiteCounty website
{{authority control Townships in Montgomery County, Ohio Townships in Ohio