Bloomfield Township, Logan County, Ohio

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Bloomfield Township, Logan County, Ohio
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Bloomfield Township consists generally of flat farmland with scattered copses of trees.
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Location of Bloomfield Township in Ohio
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Location of Bloomfield Township in Logan County
Coordinates: 40°24′38″N83°58′2″W / 40.41056°N 83.96722°W / 40.41056; -83.96722
Country United States
State Ohio
County Logan
Area
[1]
  Total22.83 sq mi (59.12 km2)
  Land59.08 sq mi (153.0 km2)
  Water0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation
[2]
1,004 ft (306 m)
Population
 (2020) [3]
  Total417
  Density18/sq mi (7.1/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes 937, 326
FIPS code 39-07118 [4]
GNIS feature ID1086481 [2]

Bloomfield Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 417, making Bloomfield the smallest township in Logan County by population.

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Geography

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

No municipalities are located within Bloomfield Township.

Name and history

Bloomfield Township was organized in 1832. [5] Statewide, other Bloomfield Townships are located in Jackson and Trumbull counties.

Government

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Township hall at Bloom Center

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, 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.

Transportation

State Route 274 passes through the northern part of Bloomfield Township.

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References

  1. "U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: County Subdivisions: Ohio". U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. "Bloomfield township, Logan County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  4. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. History of Logan County and Ohio: Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. O.L. Baskin. 1880. p.  244.