Pleasant Township is one of the thirteen
townships
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of
Fairfield County Fairfield County is the name of three counties in the United States:
* Fairfield County, Connecticut
* Fairfield County, Ohio
* Fairfield County, South Carolina
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,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 6,181.
Geography
Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Walnut Township - north
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Richland Township - northeast
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Rush Creek Township - southeast
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Berne Township - south
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Hocking Township - southwest corner
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Greenfield Township - west
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Liberty Township - northwest
Parts of two municipalities are located in Pleasant Township: the city of
Lancaster
Lancaster may refer to:
Lands and titles
*The County Palatine of Lancaster, a synonym for Lancashire
*Duchy of Lancaster, one of only two British royal duchies
*Duke of Lancaster
*Earl of Lancaster
*House of Lancaster, a British royal dynasty
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, the
county seat
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of Fairfield County, in the southwest; and the village of
Pleasantville in the north.
Name and history
Pleasant Township was so named on account of their fertile soil. It is one of fifteen
Pleasant 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
Pleasant Township official websiteCounty website
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Townships in Fairfield County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio