Richland Township is one of the thirteen
townships of
Clinton County Clinton County may refer to:
*Counties named for George Clinton, first and third Governor of New York, and later the fourth Vice President of the United States:
**Clinton County, New York
** Clinton County, Ohio
*Counties named for DeWitt Clinton, ...
,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census reported 3,526 people living in the township.
Geography
Located in the northeast corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Jasper Township, Fayette County - northeast
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Concord Township, Fayette County - southeast
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Wayne Township - south
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Green Township - southwest
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Union Township - west
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Wilson Township - northwest
It is located in the northeast corner of the county. The entire township lies in the
Virginia Military District
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and contains 21,210.72 acres (86 km) of land.
The village of
Sabina is located in eastern Richland Township, and the
unincorporated communities of
Reesville and Melvin are in the western part of the township.
Transportation
Major roads include the
3C Highway (aka State Route 3 and
U.S. Route 22) and State Routes
729 and
72.
Name
It is one of twelve
Richland Townships statewide.
History
Richland was one of the original three townships of Clinton County. It was erected by the County Commissioners on April 6, 1810 with the boundaries:
:all that part of Clinton County east of the old boundary line of
Warren County shall be one township known by the name of Richland.
On August 10, 1813, the Commissioners defined the boundaries more precisely:
:Beginning at a large hickory at the corner of
Green Township in the line of
Union Township, thence running with the line of Green Township to the southerly corner of the county and at the corner of
Fayette County, thence north with the county line to the northeast corner, then west with the county line to the original line of Warren County, then south with the said original line to the line of Union Township, then with the line of Union Township to the place of beginning.
The townships of
Wilson,
Wayne, and Green were created entirely from Richland Township. Parts of
Union and Green were taken from it on August 21, 1813. On July 15, 1817, part was taken to create
Liberty Township. In March 1837, Wayne Township was erected from it and Wilson in August 1850.
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
*Clinton County Historical Society. ''Clinton County, Ohio, 1982''. Wilmington, Ohio
Wilmington is a city in Clinton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The population was 12,664 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Micropolitan statistical area, Wilmington micropolitan area ...
: The Society, 1982.
*''Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer''. 6th ed. Yarmouth, Maine
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: DeLorme, 2001.
* Ohio. Secretary of State. ''The Ohio municipal and township roster, 2002-2003''. Columbus, Ohio
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: The Secretary, 2003.
External links
County website
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Townships in Clinton County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio
1810 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1810