Vernon Township is one of the sixteen
townships of
Scioto 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
2020 census counted 1,891 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Bloom Township - north
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Decatur Township, Lawrence County - east
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Elizabeth Township, Lawrence County - southeast
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Green Township - southwest
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Porter Township - west
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Harrison Township - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Vernon Township.
Name and history
Statewide, other Vernon Townships are located in
Clinton,
Crawford, and
Trumbull counties.
Vernon Township was organized in 1818.
The township derives its name from
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon is the former residence and plantation of George Washington, a Founding Father, commander of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States, and his wife, Martha. An American landmar ...
, the estate of George Washington.
In 1833, Vernon Township contained a blast steam furnace for melting ore, one
gristmill
A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that h ...
and one saw mill, three stores, and a
tanyard.
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
External links
County website
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Townships in Scioto County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio