York Township, Morgan County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = York Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Morgan County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 63.6
area_land_km2 = 63.5
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 24.5
area_land_sq_mi = 24.5
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 958
population_density_km2 = 15.1
population_density_sq_mi = 39.1

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_m = 277
elevation_ft = 909
latd = 39 |latm = 44 |lats = 54 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 1 |longs = 56 |longEW = W

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York Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 958 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39115 Morgan County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Clay Township, Muskingum County - north, west of Brush Creek Township
*Brush Creek Township, Muskingum County - north, east of Clay Township
*Harrison Township, Muskingum County - northeast
*Bloom Township - east
*Deerfield Township - south
*Bearfield Township, Perry County - southwest
*Harrison Township, Perry County - west

It is the most westerly township in Morgan County.

No municipalities are located in York Township, although the unincorporated community of Rose Farm lies in the township's southwest.

Name and history

It is one of ten York 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.

As of 2007, the trustees are Wilford Eppley, Tom Pletcher, and Clifford Wayne, and the clerk is Carol Heigley. [ [http://www.morgancounty-oh.gov/york%20officials.htm York Township Officials] , Morgan County. Accessed 2007-07-02.]

References

External links

* [http://www.morgancounty-oh.gov County website]