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Roundhead Township is one of the fifteen
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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County website
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townships
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of Hardin 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. As of the 2020 census the population was 630.
Geography
Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: * Marion Township - north * McDonald Township - east * Richland Township, Logan County - southeast * Stokes Township, Logan County - southwest * Goshen Township, Auglaize County - west, south of Wayne Township * Wayne Township, Auglaize County - west, north of Goshen Township * Auglaize Township, Allen County - northwest corner No municipalities are located in Roundhead Township, although theunincorporated community
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of Roundhead
Roundheads were the supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War (1642–1651). Also known as Parliamentarians, they fought against King Charles I of England and his supporters, known as the Cavaliers or Royalists, who ...
lies in the township's southeast.
Name and history
Roundhead Township was organized in 1832. The township is named forWyandot
Wyandot may refer to:
Native American ethnography
* Wyandot people, who have been called Wyandotte, Huron, Wendat and Quendat
* Wyandot language, an Iroquoian language
* Wyandot Nation of Kansas, an unrecognized tribe and nonprofit organization ...
chief Roundhead
Roundheads were the supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War (1642–1651). Also known as Parliamentarians, they fought against King Charles I of England and his supporters, known as the Cavaliers or Royalists, who ...
, who inhabited the area in the early 19th century.
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,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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