Union Township is one of the fourteen
townships
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of
Clermont County
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,
Ohio
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, United States. The township population was 46,416 at the
2010 census.
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Miami Township - north
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Stonelick Township - northeast
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Batavia Township - east
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Pierce Township - south
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Anderson Township, Hamilton County - west
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Columbia Township, Hamilton County - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Union Township, although three
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, suc ...
s are located in the township:
*Part of
Mount Carmel
Mount Carmel ( he, הַר הַכַּרְמֶל, Har haKarmel; ar, جبل الكرمل, Jabal al-Karmil), also known in Arabic as Mount Mar Elias ( ar, link=no, جبل مار إلياس, Jabal Mār Ilyās, lit=Mount Saint Elias/ Elijah), is a ...
in the west
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Summerside in the northwest
*Part of
Withamsville in the south
The township also contains the
unincorporated area
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of
Glen Este.
The hamlet of Nine Mile had its own post office (under consecutive postmasters William D. Gaskins, William Holderfield, Charles A. John and George W. Irvin) from 19 April 1880 until September 1905, when mail was directed to
New Richmond. One legacy of the former hamlet of Nine Mile is Nine Mile Cemetery.
Name and history
Established in 1811, it is one of 27
Union Townships 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, 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.
Union Township has a public library, a branch of the
Clermont County Public Library
The Clermont County Public Library is a public library system in Clermont County, Ohio, located east of Hamilton County and within the greater Cincinnati area. There are ten library branches in the system: Amelia, Batavia, Bethel, Felicity, ...
.
References
External links
Township websiteCounty website
{{Clermont County, Ohio
Townships in Clermont County, Ohio