Hartford Township, Licking County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Hartford Township, 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 = 72.7
area_land_km2 = 72.7
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 28.1
area_land_sq_mi = 28.1
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1290
population_density_km2 = 17.7
population_density_sq_mi = 45.9

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 356
elevation_ft = 1168
latd = 40 |latm = 14 |lats = 10 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 42 |longs = 0 |longEW = W

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Hartford Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,290 people in the township, 878 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of 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 northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Hilliar Township, Knox County - north
*Milford Township, Knox County - northeast corner
*Bennington Township - east
*Liberty Township - southeast corner
*Monroe Township - south
*Harlem Township, Delaware County - southwest corner
*Trenton Township, Delaware County - west
*Porter Township, Delaware County - northwest corner

The village of Hartford is located in the center of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Hartford Township is located in Trumbull County.

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]