Malaga Township, Monroe County, Ohio

Malaga Township, Ohio
—  Township  —
Municipalities and townships of Monroe County.
Coordinates: 39°49′41″N 81°8′54″W / 39.82806°N 81.14833°W / 39.82806; -81.14833Coordinates: 39°49′41″N 81°8′54″W / 39.82806°N 81.14833°W / 39.82806; -81.14833
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Monroe
Area
– Total	29.4 sq mi (76.1 km2)
– Land	29.3 sq mi (75.8 km2)
– Water	0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation[1]	1,240 ft (378 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	979
– Density	33.5/sq mi (12.9/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	43757
Area code(s)	740
FIPS code	39-46928[2]
GNIS feature ID	1086654[1]

Malaga Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 979 people in the township, 845 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[3]

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Somerset Township, Belmont County - north
• Wayne Township, Belmont County - northeast
• Sunsbury Township - east
• Center Township - southeast
• Summit Township - southwest
• Seneca Township - west

Two villages are located in Malaga Township: Miltonsburg in the center, and part of Jerusalem in the northeast. As well, the unincorporated community of Malaga lies in the northern part of the township.

Name and history

It is the only Malaga Township statewide.^[4]

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 fiscal officer,^[5] 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 fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ Monroe County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates, Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
4. ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-16. 
5. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

• County website