McArthur Township is one of the seventeen
townships of
Logan 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 1,920.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Richland Township - north
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Rushcreek Township - east
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Lake Township - southeast
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Harrison Township - southwest
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Washington Township - west
The village of
Huntsville is located in central McArthur Township, and 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
Northwood is located in the township's northeast, along the border with Richland Township.
Name and history
McArthur Township was organized in 1823, and was named for Ohio politician
Duncan McArthur. It is the only McArthur 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, 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.
Transportation
Important highways in McArthur Township include U.S. Routes
33 and
68, and State Routes
117,
274
Year 274 (Roman numerals, CCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelianus and Capitolinus (or, less frequently, year 1027 ''Ab urbe condita''). The d ...
, and
638, along with a small part of
State Route 366.
References
External links
County websiteCounty & Township Map of Ohio
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Townships in Logan County, Ohio
1823 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1823
Townships in Ohio