Etna Township, Licking County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Etna Township, Licking County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Licking County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 55.4
area_land_km2 = 55.3
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 21.4
area_land_sq_mi = 21.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 5410
population_density_km2 = 97.8
population_density_sq_mi = 253.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 326
elevation_ft = 1070
latd = 39 |latm = 57 |lats = 14 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 41 |longs = 37 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 43018
area_code = 740
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blank_info = 39-25690GR|2
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Etna Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,410 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39089 Licking County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and city:
*Pataskala - north
*Harrison Township - northeast
*Liberty Township, Fairfield County - southeast
*Violet Township, Fairfield County - southwest
*Truro Township, Franklin County - west
*Jefferson Township, Franklin County - northwest corner

A small part of the city of Reynoldsburg occupies the western end of Etna Township, and the unincorporated community of Etna lies in the township's east.

Name and history

It is the only Etna 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.lcounty.com County website]