Salt Rock Township is one of the fifteen
townships
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of
Marion County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2010 census found 673 people in the township, 399 of whom lived in the village of
Morral.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Pitt Township, Wyandot County - north
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Antrim Township, Wyandot County - northeast corner
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Grand Prairie Township - east
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Marion Township - southeast corner
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Big Island Township - south
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Montgomery Township - southwest corner
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Grand Township - west
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Marseilles Township, Wyandot County - northwest
The village of
Morral is located in northeastern Salt Rock Township.
Name and history
It is the only Salt Rock 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
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.
Notable residents
*John Purdue
John Purdue (; October 31, 1802 – September 12, 1876) was a wealthy American industrialist in Lafayette, Indiana, and the primary original benefactor of Purdue University.
Early life
Most details of Purdue's early life were either not recor ...
1802–1876, born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
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. He was a famous industrialist based in Lafayette, Indiana
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and the primary original benefactor of Purdue University
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.
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Marion County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio