Richland Township, Allen County, Ohio
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Richland Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen 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 population at the 2020 census was 5,871.


Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: * Riley Township, Putnam County - north * Union Township, Hancock County - northeast * Orange Township, Hancock County - east * Liberty Township, Hardin County - southeast corner * Jackson Township - south * Bath Township - southwest corner * Monroe Township - west * Pleasant Township, Putnam County - northwest Two villages are located in Richland Township: Beaverdam in the southwest, and part of Bluffton in the northeast.


Name and history

It is one of twelve Richland 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
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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. Public meetings are held the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 8pm unless otherwise posted per Ohio Revised Code Requirements for public notifications.


References


External links


Allen County website
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