Pleasant Township is one of the twelve
townships of
Van Wert 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. The
2020 census found 10,928 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Union Township—north
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Hoaglin Township—northeast corner
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Ridge Township—east
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York Township—southeast corner
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Liberty Township—south
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Willshire Township—southwest corner
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Harrison Township—west
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Tully Township—northwest corner
The majority of the city of
Van Wert, the
county seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equiva ...
and largest city of Van Wert County, is located in the eastern half of Pleasant Township.
Pleasant Township is one of only two county townships (the other being Ridge Township) without a border on another county.
Name and history
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
County website
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Townships in Van Wert County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio