Amanda Township is one of the thirteen
townships
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of
Fairfield County Fairfield County is the name of three counties in the United States:
* Fairfield County, Connecticut
* Fairfield County, Ohio
* Fairfield County, South Carolina
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,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census, the population was 2,722.
Geography
Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*
Bloom Township - north
*
Greenfield Township - northeast corner
*
Hocking Township - east
*
Madison Township - southeast corner
*
Clearcreek Township - south
*
Washington Township, Pickaway County - southwest
*
Walnut Township, Pickaway County - west
*
Madison Township, Pickaway County - northwest corner
The village of
Amanda is located in southeastern Amanda Township, and the
unincorporated community
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of
Royalton lies in the northern part of the township.
Name and history
Amanda Township took its name from Fort Amanda. Statewide, other Amanda Townships are located in
Allen and
Hancock counties.
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 2009-04-30. 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 Fairfield County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio