Union Township is one of the fourteen
townships of
Lawrence County,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 8,411.
Geography
Located in the southeastern part of the county along the
Ohio River
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, it borders the following townships:
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Windsor Township – north
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Rome Township – east
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Fayette Township – west
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Lawrence Township – northwest corner
Cabell County, West Virginia, lies across the Ohio River to the south.
It is located upstream of most of the rest of Lawrence County's Ohio River townships.
Two villages are located along the shoreline of Union Township:
Proctorville far upstream, and
Chesapeake in the center.
Name and history
It is one of twenty-seven
Union Townships statewide.
In the early
Northwest Territory
The Northwest Territory, also known as the Old Northwest and formally known as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, was formed from part of the unorganized western territory of the United States after the American Revolution. Established ...
era, waterways were the nation’s highways. According to Lawrence County Register, Union Township, with its waterway resources, boasted a grist mill and blacksmith shop on
Symmes Creek.
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. Township officials are:
* Dain Spears, Trustee
* Cole Webb, Trustee
* Jason Forbush, Trustee
* Shelly Pinkerman, Fiscal Officer
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Lawrence County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio