Whetstone Township is one of the sixteen
townships of
Crawford County,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 1,931.
Geography
Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Liberty Township - north
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Sandusky Township - northeast
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Jefferson Township - east
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Polk Township - southeast, north of Washington Township
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Washington Township, Morrow County - southeast, south of Polk Township
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Tully Township, Marion County - south
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Scott Township, Marion County - southwest corner
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Dallas Township - west, south of Bucyrus Township
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Bucyrus Township - west, north of Dallas Township
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Holmes Township - northwest corner
Two municipalities are located in Whetstone Township: part of the village of
North Robinson in the northeast, and part of the city of
Bucyrus, the
county seat
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of Crawford County, in the northwest. The
unincorporated community
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of
New Winchester is located in the township's south.
Name and history
Whetstone Township was formed in the 1820s. It was named from Whetstone Creek.
It is the only Whetstone 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
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
{{authority control
Townships in Crawford County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio