Clay Township, Knox County, Ohio

Clay Township, Ohio
—  Township  —
Municipalities and townships of Knox County.
Coordinates: 40°16′24″N 82°19′41″W / 40.27333°N 82.32806°W / 40.27333; -82.32806Coordinates: 40°16′24″N 82°19′41″W / 40.27333°N 82.32806°W / 40.27333; -82.32806
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Knox
Area
– Total	25.2 sq mi (65.2 km2)
– Land	25.2 sq mi (65.2 km2)
– Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation[1]	1,096 ft (334 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	1,328
– Density	52.8/sq mi (20.4/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-15504[2]
GNIS feature ID	1086394[1]

Clay Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,328 people in the township, 1,143 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[3]

Geography

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

• Harrison Township - north
• Butler Township - northeast corner
• Jackson Township - east
• Fallsbury Township, Licking County - southeast corner
• Eden Township, Licking County - south
• Washington Township, Licking County - southwest
• Morgan Township - west
• Pleasant Township - northwest corner

The village of Martinsburg is located in western Clay Township, and the unincorporated community of Bladensburg lies on the eastern border with Jackson Township.

Name and history

It is one of nine Clay Townships 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. ^ Knox 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