Union Township, Ross County, Ohio
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Union Township is one of the sixteen
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 Ross 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. The 2000 census found 11,750 people in the township.


Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Wayne Township, Pickaway County - north * Pickaway Township, Pickaway County - northeast * Green Township - east * Springfield Township - southeast * Scioto Township - south * Twin Township - southwest * Concord Township - west * Deerfield Township - northwest No municipalities are located in Union Township.


Name and history

It is one of twenty-seven 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. Ross Correctional Institution is in the township.


References


External links


County website
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