Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Union Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Union Township in Auglaize County


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

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area_total_km2 = 93.0
area_land_km2 = 93.0
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 35.9
area_land_sq_mi = 35.9
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1870
population_density_km2 = 20.1
population_density_sq_mi = 52.1

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 291
elevation_ft = 955
latd = 40 |latm = 36 |lats = 28 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 4 |longs = 18 |longEW = W

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Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,870 people in the township, 1,614 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39011 Auglaize County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Perry Township, Allen County - north
*Auglaize Township, Allen County - northeast corner
*Wayne Township - east
*Goshen Township - southeast
*Clay Township - south
*Pusheta Township - southwest corner
*Duchouquet Township - west

The village of Uniopolis is located in western Union Township, and the unincorporated community of Saint Johns lies along the border with Clay Township in the far southwest.

The township has an area of exactly 36 square miles (93¼ km²). [ [http://www.auglaizecounty.org/Engineer/County%20map.htm Auglaize County, Ohio 2006 Highway Map] Auglaize County Engineer's Office, 2006. Accessed 5 July 2007.]

Name and history

It is one of twenty-seven Union Townships statewide.

The township was formed in 1836, while still part of Allen County. [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH9&CISOPTR=38590&REC=8 Auglaize County, Ohio Atlas and History, Piqua: Magee Brother Publishing, 1917. Accessed 5 July 2007. Page 117.]

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.

Public services

The Wapakoneta City School District encompasses a large part of the township, with the eastern third served by the Waynesfield-Goshen Local School District.

The most of the township is served by the Wapakoneta (45895) post office, with the eastern third served by the Waynesfield (45896) post office. Uniopolis (45888) and Saint Johns (45884) maintain post offices.

References

External links

* [http://www.auglaizecounty.org County website]