Butler Township is one of the eighteen
townships
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of
Richland County,
Ohio
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, United States. The township's seat is
Adario. The township is a part of the
Mansfield
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Metropolitan Statistical Area. The
2020 census found 1,167 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Ruggles Township, Ashland County - northeast
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Clear Creek Township, Ashland County - east
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Milton Township, Ashland County - southeast corner
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Weller Township - south
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Franklin Township - southwest corner
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Blooming Grove Township - west
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Greenwich Township, Huron County - northwest
Name and history
It is one of six
Butler Townships statewide. Upon the formation of Ashland County in 1846, the western two columns of sections of
old Clear Creek Township which remained in Richland County were attached to make Blooming Grove Township six miles long by eight miles wide. Butler Township was created on 5 February 1849 by combining the Clear Creek addition and two columns of sections from the east part of Blooming Grove, assuming its present size of six miles long by four miles wide.
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 Richland County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio