Monroe Township is one of the 25
townships
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of
Licking County,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2010 census, the total population was 6,946,
up from 5,523 at the 2000 census. As of 2010, the population in the unincorporated part of the township was 2,314.
Geography
Located on the western edge of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Hartford Township - north
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Bennington Township - northeast corner
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Liberty Township - east
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St. Albans Township - southeast corner
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Jersey Township - south
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Plain Township, Franklin County - southwest corner
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Harlem Township, Delaware County - west
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Trenton Township, Delaware County - northwest corner
The village of
Johnstown is located in eastern Monroe Township.
Name and history
It is one of 22
Monroe Townships 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
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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.
References
External links
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County website
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Townships in Licking County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio