Ward Township, Hocking County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Ward Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Hocking County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 98.3
area_land_km2 = 98.2
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 38.0
area_land_sq_mi = 37.9
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1937
population_density_km2 = 19.7
population_density_sq_mi = 51.1

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 259
elevation_ft = 850
latd = 39 |latm = 30 |lats = 45 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 12 |longs = 16 |longEW = W

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Ward Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,937 people in the township, 1,474 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39073 Hocking County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the far eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Coal Township, Perry County - north
*Trimble Township, Athens County - east
*Dover Township, Athens County - southeast corner
*York Township, Athens County - south
*Starr Township - southwest corner
*Green Township - west
*Falls Township (northeastern portion) - northwest

It is the most easterly township in Hocking County.

Murray City, the smallest municipality in Hocking County, is located in Ward Township, as is the unincorporated community of Carbon Hill.

Name and history

It is the only Ward 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 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.

Public services

The residents of Ward Township are served by the Nelsonville-York City School District and Nelsonville-York High School.

References

External links

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