McDonald 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 874.
Geography
Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Cessna Township - north
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Lynn Township - northeast
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Taylor Creek Township - southeast
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Richland Township, Logan County - south
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Roundhead Township - west
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Marion Township - northwest
No municipalities are located in McDonald Township.
Name and history
McDonald Township was established in the 1830s. This township was named for William McDonald, an early settler. It is the only McDonald Township statewide.
McDonald Township is the location of the
Zimmerman Kame
The Zimmerman Kame (also called the "Zimmerman Site"; designated 33HR2) is a glacial kame and archaeological site in McDonald Township, Hardin County, Ohio, United States, near the community of Roundhead. A circular hill approximately in h ...
, a burial site used by the ancient
Glacial Kame culture
The Glacial Kame culture was a culture of Archaic people in North America that occupied southern Ontario, Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana from around 8000 BC to 1000 BC. The name of this culture derives from its members' practice of burying their de ...
of Native Americans.
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
1830s establishments in Ohio