Warren Township is one of the sixteen
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
of
Belmont County
Belmont County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 66,497. Its county seat is St. Clairsville. The county was created on September 7, 1801, and organized on November 7, 1801.McKelvey, ...
,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 5,743 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Kirkwood Township - north
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Goshen Township - east
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Wayne Township - southeast corner
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Somerset Township - south
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Millwood Township, Guernsey County - west
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Oxford Township, Guernsey County - northwest
The village of
Barnesville is located in central Warren Township.
Name and history
Warren Township was organized about 1806–1807.
It is one of five
Warren Townships statewide.
In 1833, several
gristmill
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s and saw mills were being operating in Warren Township, powered by the waters of
Captina Creek and the
Stillwater River.
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'' 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 of the Ge ...
. 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 township's trustees meet in Barnesville.
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Belmont County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio
1806 establishments in Ohio