Batavia Township is one of the fourteen
townships of
Clermont County,
Ohio
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,
United States
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. The population was 27,660 as of the
2020 census.
Geography
Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Stonelick Township - north
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Jackson Township - northeast
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Williamsburg Township - east
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Tate Township - southeast
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Monroe Township - south
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Pierce Township - southwest
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Union Township - northwest
The incorporated village and
county seat
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of
Batavia is located in the center of the Township. Parts of the former village of
Amelia (dissolved in 2019) are located in the southwest.
Name and history
Batavia Township was organized in 1815. It is the only Batavia Township statewide.
Economy
American Modern Insurance Group, Inc. and
Milacron are based in the township.
The township was home to
Ford Motor Company
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's
Batavia Transmission plant until it closed in 2009 under a corporate plan called "
The Way Forward". It also anchored an industrial area that also includes rollercoaster manufacturer
Clermont Steel Fabricators.
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.
Infrastructure
The Clermont County Airport is located in the township.
The Cincinnati Eastern Railroad passes through the township.
Education
University of Cincinnati Clermont College, a regional campus of the University of Cincinnati
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, is in the township. UC Clermont's satellite campus, UC East, operates out of the administrative offices of the former Ford plant. Due to declining enrollment at UC Clermont, UC East was closed and is vacated as of 2020.
Media
WOBO-FM broadcasts from the township at 88.7 MHz.
References
External links
Township websiteCounty website
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Townships in Clermont County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio