Bern Township, Athens County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Bern Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Athens County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 81.2
area_land_km2 = 81.2
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 31.3
area_land_sq_mi = 31.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 519
population_density_km2 = 6.4
population_density_sq_mi = 16.6

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 198
elevation_ft = 650
latd = 39 |latm = 24 |lats = 26 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 54 |longs = 27 |longEW = W

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Bern Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 519 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39009 Athens County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Marion Township, Morgan County - north
*Wesley Township, Washington County - east
*Decatur Township, Washington County - southeast corner
*Rome Township - south
*Canaan Township - southwest corner
*Ames Township - west
*Homer Township, Morgan County - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Bern Township, although the unincorporated community of Sharpsburg lies in the township's northwest.

Name and history

It is the only Bern Township statewide, although there is a Berne Township in Fairfield County.

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.athenscountygovernment.com County website]