Flushing Township, Belmont County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Flushing Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Belmont County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 80.2
area_land_km2 = 74.5
area_water_km2 = 5.6
area_total_sq_mi = 31.0
area_land_sq_mi = 28.8
area_water_sq_mi = 2.2

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1990
population_density_km2 = 26.7
population_density_sq_mi = 69.1

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 323
elevation_ft = 1060
latd = 40 |latm = 8 |lats = 51 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 6 |longs = 46 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 43977
area_code = 740
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blank_info = 39-27566GR|2
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Flushing Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,990 people in the township, 745 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39013 Belmont 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:
*Moorefield Township, Harrison County - north
*Athens Township, Harrison County - northeast
*Wheeling Township - east
*Union Township - southeast
*Kirkwood Township - south
*Londonderry Township, Guernsey County - west
*Freeport Township, Harrison County - northwest

Two villages are located in Flushing Township: Flushing in the east, and Holloway in the north.

Name and history

It is the only Flushing 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.belmontcountyohio.org County website]