Center Township, Wood County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Center Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Center Township in Wood County


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Wood

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area_total_km2 = 68.3
area_land_km2 = 68.1
area_water_km2 = 0.2
area_total_sq_mi = 26.4
area_land_sq_mi = 26.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1246
population_density_km2 = 18.3
population_density_sq_mi = 47.4

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 203
elevation_ft = 666
latd = 41 |latm = 22 |lats = 40 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 35 |longs = 51 |longEW = W

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Center Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,246 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39173 Wood County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Middleton Township - north
*Webster Township - northeast
*Freedom Township - east
*Montgomery Township - southeast corner
*Portage Township - south
*Liberty Township - southwest corner
*Plain Township - west

Much of the city of Bowling Green, the county seat of Wood County, is located in western Center Township.

Center Township is also the location of the Wood County Airport, and of the intersection of I-75 and U.S. Route 6. [DeLorme. "Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer". 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 36. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.]

Name and history

It is one of nine Center Townships 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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

* [http://www.co.wood.oh.us County website]