Dudley Township is one of the fifteen
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
Hardin County,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 1,490.
Geography
Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Goshen Township - north
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Grand Township, Marion County - northeast corner
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Montgomery Township, Marion County - east
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Bowling Green Township, Marion County - southeast
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Hale Township - south
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Buck Township - west
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Pleasant Township - northwest
No municipalities are located in Dudley Township, although the
unincorporated community
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of
Hepburn lies in the township's north.
Name and history
Dudley Township was established in the 1830s, and named for Moses Dudley, a pioneer settler. It is the only Dudley Township statewide.
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 Hardin County, Ohio
1830s establishments in Ohio
Townships in Ohio