Montgomery Township is one of the fifteen
townships of
Marion County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 2,064 people in the township; 676 lived in the village of
LaRue and 413 lived in the village of
New Bloomington.
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Grand Township - north
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Salt Rock Township - northeast corner
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Big Island Township - east
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Bowling Green Township - south
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Dudley Township, Hardin County - west
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Goshen Township, Hardin County - northwest corner
Two villages are located in Montgomery Township:
LaRue in the southwest, and
New Bloomington in the southeast.
Name and history
Statewide, other Montgomery Townships are located in
Ashland and
Wood
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counties.
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
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. 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 Marion County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio