Union Township, Carroll County, Ohio
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Union Township is one of the fourteen
townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
of Carroll County,
Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 868.Ohio Department of Development
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Geography

Located in the south central part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Center Township - northeast * Lee Township - east * Perry Township - south * Orange Township - southwest corner * Monroe Township - west * Harrison Township - northwest No municipalities are located in Union Township.


Name and history

It is one of twenty-seven Union Townships statewide. It was named Union because it was formed as a union from more than one previous townships.


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, 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.


Education

Students attend the
Carrollton Exempted Village School District Carrollton Exempted Village Schools is a school district located in Carroll County, Ohio, United States. Carrollton High School, the only high school for the district, is located in Carrollton. Schools *Carrollton Elementary, Carrollton, Oh ...
.PUC Ohio map of School Districts


References


External links


County website
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