Upper 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 14,451.
Geography
Located in the southwestern part of the county along the
Ohio River
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, it borders the following townships:
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Elizabeth Township - north
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Lawrence Township - east
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Perry Township - southeast
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Hamilton Township - west
Kentucky
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lies across the Ohio River to the southwest:
Boyd County to the south, and
Greenup County otherwise.
It is located downstream of most of the rest of Lawrence County's Ohio River townships.
Most of Upper Township's shoreline is occupied by the city of
Ironton, the
county seat
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of Lawrence County and by far the largest municipality in the county. The village of
Coal Grove, the third-largest municipality in the county, is located upstream (southeast) of Ironton.
Name and history
It is the only Upper Township 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
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. 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.
The current trustees are:
Craig Thomas,
Tony Sites,
and Randy Wise
The current fiscal officer is:
Tyler Walters
Education
Upper Township's Pre-K through 12th grade educational services are provided mostly by the Rock Hill Local School District
The Rock Hill Local School District is a local school district in Ohio. The central location for its offices and school campuses is just outside Ironton, Ohio. It currently operates four schools: the Rock Hill Child Development Center (Pre-K), ...
. Portions of the township are also served by the Dawson-Bryant Local School District. The Ironton city area, which lies within Upper Township, is served by Ironton City Schools.
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Lawrence County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio