Moorefield Township is one of the ten
townships
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of
Clark County,
Ohio
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, United States. The population as of the
2010 census was 12,436.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Urbana Township, Champaign County - north
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Union Township, Champaign County - northeast
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Pleasant Township - east
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Harmony Township - southeast
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Springfield Township - south
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German Township - west
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Mad River Township, Champaign County - northwest corner
Part of the city of
Springfield
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, the
county seat
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of Clark County, is located in southwestern Moorefield Township, and the
census-designated place
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of
Northridge is located in the township's west.
Name and history
Moorefield Township was organized in 1818. It was named after
Moorefield, West Virginia
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(then a city in Virginia), the former hometown of many of its first settlers.
Statewide, the only other Moorefield Township is located in
Harrison County.
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.
Schools
Moorefield Township is home to Kenton Ridge High Schoolbr>
Northeastern High School (Springfield, Ohio), Northeastern High Schoolbr>
Northridge Middle Schoo
South Vienna Middle Schoo
Rolling Hills Elementary Schoo
Northridge Elementary Schoo
and South Vienna Middle Schoo
All of these are part of the Northeastern Local School Distric
References
External links
Township websiteCounty website
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Townships in Clark County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio
1818 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1818