Westland Township, Guernsey County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Westland Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Guernsey County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 65.7
area_land_km2 = 65.5
area_water_km2 = 0.3
area_total_sq_mi = 25.4
area_land_sq_mi = 25.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1931
population_density_km2 = 29.5
population_density_sq_mi = 76.4

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 279
elevation_ft = 915
latd = 39 |latm = 58 |lats = 25 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 41 |longs = 4 |longEW = W

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Westland Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,931 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39069 Guernsey County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Adams Township - north
*Cambridge Township - northeast
*Jackson Township - east
*Spencer Township - southeast
*Rich Hill Township, Muskingum County - southwest
*Union Township, Muskingum County - west
*Highland Township, Muskingum County - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Westland Township.

Name and history

It is the only Westland 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.

References

External links

* [http://www.guernseycounty.org County website]