Green Township is one of the ten
townships
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of
Clark County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census reported 2,711 people living in the township.
Geography
Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Springfield Township - north
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Harmony Township - northeast corner
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Madison Township - east
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Cedarville Township, Greene County - southeast
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Miami Township, Greene County - southwest
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Mad River Township - west
Part of the village of
Clifton
Clifton may refer to:
People
*Clifton (surname)
*Clifton (given name)
Places
Australia
* Clifton, Queensland, a town
**Shire of Clifton
*Clifton, New South Wales, a suburb of Wollongong
*Clifton, Western Australia
Canada
*Clifton, Nova Scotia ...
is located in the southern part of the township.
Name and history
Green Township was organized in 1818. It takes its name from
Greene County, Ohio
Greene County is located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 167,966. Its county seat is Xenia. The county was established on March 24, 1803 and named for General Nathanael Greene, ...
.
It is one of sixteen
Green 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,
§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 Clark County, Ohio
1818 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1818
Townships in Ohio