Union Township, Miami County, Ohio

Union Township, Miami County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Union Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Miami

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area_total_km2 = 126.3
area_land_km2 = 125.6
area_water_km2 = 0.7
area_total_sq_mi = 48.8
area_land_sq_mi = 48.5
area_water_sq_mi = 0.3

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 10222
population_density_km2 = 81.4
population_density_sq_mi = 210.8

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 281
elevation_ft = 922
latd = 39 |latm = 58 |lats = 7 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 20 |longs = 51 |longEW = W

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Union Township is one of the twelve townships of Miami County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 10,222 people in the township, 4,673 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39109 Miami County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Newton Township - north
*Concord Township - northeast
*Monroe Township - east
*Clayton - southeast
*Clay Township, Montgomery County - southwest
*Monroe Township, Darke County - west
*Franklin Township, Darke County - northwest corner

Several populated places are located in Union Township:
*Laura, a village in the northwest
*Ludlow Falls, a village in the north
*Potsdam, a village in the west
*Part of Union, a city in the southeast
*West Milton, a village in the center

Name and history

It is one of twenty-seven Union 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.miami.oh.us County website]


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