Barlow Township is one of the twenty-two
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
of
Washington County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 2,560 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Watertown Township - north
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Warren Township - east
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Dunham Township - south
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Fairfield Township - west
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Palmer Township - northwest
No municipalities are located in Barlow Township, although the
unincorporated communities
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of
Barlow and
Vincent
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People with the given name Artists
*Vincent Apap (1909–2003) ...
lie in the township's west and south respectively.
Name and history
It is the only Barlow Township statewide, although there is a
Bartlow Township in
Henry County.
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'' (ORC) 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 o ...
. 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 Washington County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio