Knox Township is one of the nineteen
townships of
Guernsey County, Ohio
Guernsey County is a county located in the east-central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,438. Its county seat and largest city is Cambridge. It is named from the Isle of Guernsey in the English ...
, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 538.
Geography
Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Wheeling Township - northeast
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Liberty Township - east
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Cambridge Township - southeast
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Adams Township - south
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Highland Township, Muskingum County - southwest corner
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Monroe Township, Muskingum County - west
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Linton Township, Coshocton County - northwest
No municipalities are located in Knox Township.
Name and history
Knox Township was established in 1819. It is one of five
Knox Townships 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 Guernsey County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio