Trimble Township is one of the fourteen
townships
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of
Athens County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2010 census found 4,480 people in the township,
1,818 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Geography
Located in the far northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Monroe Township, Perry County - north
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Homer Township, Morgan County - east
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Ames Township - southeast corner
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Dover Township - south
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York Township - southwest corner
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Ward Township, Hocking County - west
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Coal Township, Perry County - northwest corner
The farthest north township in Athens County, it is the only county township to border Perry County.
Three villages are located in eastern Trimble Township:
Glouster in the north,
Trimble in the centre, and
Jacksonville
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in the south.
Name and history
Trimble Township was organized in 1827. Named for
Allen Trimble
Allen Trimble (November 24, 1783 – February 3, 1870) was a Federalist and National Republican politician from Ohio. Son of James Trimble and Jane Allen. He served as the eighth and tenth governor of Ohio, first concurrently as Senate Speaker ...
, Governor of Ohio, it is the only Trimble 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
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.
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Athens County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio
1827 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1827