Ross Township, Butler County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Ross Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Butler County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 78.1
area_land_km2 = 77.6
area_water_km2 = 0.5
area_total_sq_mi = 30.1
area_land_sq_mi = 30.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.2

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 6448
population_density_km2 = 83.1
population_density_sq_mi = 215.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 185
elevation_ft = 607
latd = 39 |latm = 21 |lats = 0 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 38 |longs = 50 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 45061
area_code = 513
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Ross Township, one of thirteen townships in the county, is located in south-central Butler County, Ohio, United States, southwest of the city of Hamilton. The population was 6,448 in 2000, up from 6,383 in 1990; 5,886 of this total lived in the unincorporated portions of the township [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39017 Butler County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.] . It originally comprised twenty-seven whole and seven fractional sections in the Congress Lands.

History

One of the five original townships of the county, it was erected by the Butler County Court of Quarter Sessions on May 10, 1803, with these boundaries:

:Beginning on the west bank of the Miami at the northeast corner of fractional township No. 1 of the third range west of the Miami; thence west to the western boundary of the county; thence south to the southwest corner of the county; thence east with the southern boundary of the county to the Miami; thence northwestwardly up the Miami to the place of beginning.

Historic population figures

*1820—1,665
*1830—1,745
*1890—1,450
*1900—1,338
*1910—1,276
*1920—1,239
*1930—1,418
*1940—1,536
*1950—1,984
*1960—3,340
*1970—3,819
*1980—5,626
*1990—6,377

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Hanover Township - north
*St. Clair Township - northeast
*Fairfield Township - east
*Colerain Township, Hamilton County - southeast
*Crosby Township, Hamilton County - southwest
*Morgan Township - west
*Reily Township - northwest corner

Name

It is named for James Ross (1762-1847), a Federalist United States Senator from Pennsylvania when the township was erected. Statewide, other Ross Townships are located in Greene and Jefferson Counties.

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

*Bert S. Barlow, W.H. Todhunter, Stephen D. Cone, Joseph J. Pater, and Frederick Schneider, eds. "Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio". Hamilton, Ohio: B.F. Bowen, 1905.
*Jim Blount. "The 1900s: 100 Years In the History of Butler County, Ohio." Hamilton, Ohio: Past Present Press, 2000.
*Butler County Engineer's Office. "Butler County Official Transportation Map, 2003". Fairfield Township, Butler County, Ohio: The Office, 2003.
*"A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio with Illustrations and Sketches of Its Representative Men and Pioneers". Cincinnati, Ohio: Western Biographical Publishing Company, 1882. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/cyc/index.html]
*Ohio. Secretary of State. "The Ohio municipal and township roster, 2002-2003". Columbus, Ohio: The Secretary, 2003.

External links

* [http://www.butlercountyohio.org/index0.cfm County website]