Dover Township is one of the fourteen
townships of
Athens County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 3,387 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*
Trimble Township - north
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Homer Township, Morgan County - northeast corner
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Ames Township - east
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Canaan Township - southeast corner
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Athens Township - south
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Waterloo Township - southwest corner
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York Township - west
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Ward Township, Hocking County - northwest corner
Several populated places are located in Dover Township:
*The village of
Chauncey, in the center
*Part of the
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
of
The Plains, in the south
*The
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
of
Millfield, in the north
*The unincorporated community of Liars Corner, in the east
Much of the township is part of the
Wayne National Forest
The Wayne National Forest is located in the Appalachian part of the US state of Ohio, in the Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau. It is the first and only national forest in Ohio. Forest headquarters are located between The Plains and Nelsonville, ...
.
Name and history
Dover Township was organized in 1811.
Statewide, other Dover Townships are located in
Fulton,
Tuscarawas, and
Union counties.
Coal mining has historically been important in Dover Township, which was the site of the
Millfield Mine disaster of 1930.
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 Athens County, Ohio
1811 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1811
Townships in Ohio