Marion Township is one of the fifteen
townships of
Hardin 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 2,301.
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Liberty Township - north
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Washington Township - northeast corner
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Cessna Township - east
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McDonald Township - southeast
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Roundhead Township - south
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Wayne Township, Auglaize County - southwest corner
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Auglaize Township, Allen County - west
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Jackson Township, Allen County - northwest corner
Two villages are located in Marion Township:
Alger in the northwest, and
McGuffey in the east.
Name and history
Marion Township was organized in 1856, and named for
Francis Marion
Brigadier general (United States), Brigadier General Francis Marion ( 1732 – February 27, 1795), also known as the "Swamp Fox", was an American military officer, planter, and politician who served during the French and Indian War and t ...
, an army officer during the American Revolutionary War. It is one of twelve
Marion 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 Hardin County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio
1856 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1856