Northwest Township is one of the twelve

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of Williams County,

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, United States. The 2000 census found 1,384 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, and of the state, along both the

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- west No municipalities are located in Northwest Township. The township lies within the

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, a contested ribbon of land over which Ohio and Michigan came to blows in an 1835–36 confrontation known as the

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. The

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of Nettle Lake, also a

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, is in the northern part of the township, at the south end of the lake of the same name.

Name and history

Northwest Township was organized in 1840, and named for the fact the extreme northwestern point of Ohio is located within its borders. It is the only Northwest Township 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
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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

County website
{{authority control Townships in Williams County, Ohio Townships in Ohio