Whitewater Township is one of the twelve
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
of
Hamilton County,
Ohio
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, United States. The population was 6,375 as of the
2020 census.
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Harrison Township - north
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Crosby Township - northeast, west of Colerain Township
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Colerain Township - northeast, east of Crosby Township
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Miami Township - southeast
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Lawrenceburg Township, Dearborn County, Indiana
Lawrenceburg Township is one of fourteen townships in Dearborn County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 10,985 and it contained 4,796 housing units.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of w ...
- southwest
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Miller Township, Dearborn County, Indiana - west
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Harrison Township, Dearborn County, Indiana - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Whitewater Township, although four unincorporated
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
s lie in the township:
Elizabethtown in the southwest,
Hooven in the southeast,
Blue Jay
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in the north, and
Miamitown in the east.
Name and history
It is the only Whitewater 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.
See also
* Long Island Beach
References
External links
Township website
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Townships in Hamilton County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio