Green Township, Gallia County, Ohio

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Green Township, Gallia County, Ohio
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Location of Green Township in Gallia County
Coordinates: 38°48′33″N82°16′1″W / 38.80917°N 82.26694°W / 38.80917; -82.26694
Country United States
State Ohio
County Gallia
Area
  Total
38.2 sq mi (98.9 km2)
  Land38.0 sq mi (98.3 km2)
  Water0.27 sq mi (0.7 km2)
Elevation
[1]
830 ft (253 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
  Total
5,357
  Density141/sq mi (54.5/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code 39-31738 [3]
GNIS feature ID1086136 [1]

Green Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 5,357.

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Geography

Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships:

Green Township is one of only two townships in the county without a border on another county.

No municipalities are located in Green Township, although the unincorporated community of Northup is located in the south part of the township, on Raccoon Creek. [4]

Name and history

It is one of sixteen Green Townships statewide. [5]

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, [6] 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.

References

  1. 1 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. "Green township, Gallia County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. Green Township. History of GALLIA COUNTY. Published H. H. Hardesty and Co., Chicago and Toledo, 1882. Page XXII.
  5. "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
  6. §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.