Falls Township, Hocking County, Ohio
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Falls Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County,
Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 11,886.


Geography

Falls Township consists of two disconnected portions in the center and northeast of the county, separated by a short distance. While many Ohio townships are composed of disjointed pieces due to municipal annexations, separation only by other townships is very uncommon. Its northeastern portion (known as The Gore, or simply Gore) borders the following townships: * Monday Creek Township, Perry County - north * Coal Township, Perry County - east * Ward Township - southeast * Green Township - south * Marion Township - west Its southwestern portion borders the following townships: * Marion Township - north * Green Township - east * Starr Township - southeast * Washington Township - south * Laurel Township - west * Good Hope Township - northwest The majority of the city of Logan, the
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of Hocking County, is located in the southwestern portion of Falls Township.


Name and history

Falls Township takes its name from a waterfall on the Hocking River, where a mill had been built in 1814, prior to the township's formation. Statewide, the only other Falls Township is located in Muskingum 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
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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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