Falls Township, Hocking County, Ohio

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Falls Township, Hocking County, Ohio
Township
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Brick section of Enterprise-Iles Road, designated a historic site in 2002
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Location of Falls Township in Hocking County
Coordinates: 39°32′35″N82°24′35″W / 39.54306°N 82.40972°W / 39.54306; -82.40972
Country United States
State Ohio
County Hocking
Area
 • Total50.1 sq mi (129.8 km2)
 • Land49.3 sq mi (127.8 km2)
 • Water0.8 sq mi (2.0 km2)
Elevation
[1]
728 ft (222 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
 • Total11,886
 • Density240/sq mi (92/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code 39-26488 [3]
GNIS feature ID1086317 [1]

Falls Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 11,886.

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Geography

Falls Township consists of two disconnected portions in the center and northeast of the county, separated by a short distance. While many Ohio townships are composed of disjointed pieces due to municipal annexations, separation only by other townships is very uncommon.

Its northeastern portion (known as The Gore, or simply Gore) borders the following townships:

Its southwestern portion borders the following townships:

The majority of the city of Logan, the county seat of Hocking County, is located in the southwestern portion of Falls Township.

Name and history

Falls Township takes its name from a waterfall on the Hocking River, where a mill had been built in 1814, prior to the township's formation. [4]

Statewide, the only other Falls Township is located in Muskingum 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 fiscal officer, [5] 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.

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References

  1. 1 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "Falls township, Hocking County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  4. ↑ Maniskas, Judith S. (2011). Logan and Hocking County. Arcadia Publishing. p. 22.
  5. ↑ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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