Monroe Township is one of the eighteen
townships of
Richland County,
Ohio
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, United States. It is a part of the
Mansfield
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Metropolitan Statistical Area. The
2020 census found 2,721 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Mifflin Township – north, west of Mifflin Township, Ashland County
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Mifflin Township, Ashland County – north, east of Mifflin Township, Richland County
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Vermillion Township, Ashland County – northeast corner
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Green Township, Ashland County – east
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Hanover Township, Ashland County – southeast corner
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Butler Township – south
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Jefferson Township – southwest corner
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Washington Township – west
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Madison Township – northwest corner
Part of the village of
Lucas
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People
* Lucas (surname)
* Lucas (given name)
Arts and entertainment
* Luca Family Singers, or the Lucas, a 19th-century African-American singing group
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is located in northwestern Monroe Township.
Name and history
Monroe Township was organized on February 11, 1817 with the first settler being a man named David Hill who built the first cabin in the southwestern section of the township.
It is one of twenty-two
Monroe 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
Township websiteCounty website
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Townships in Richland County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio