Official Name: | Clinton Township, Fulton County, Ohio |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Fulton |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 107.8 |
Area Land Km2: | 107.6 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.2 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 41.6 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 41.5 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.1 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 9630 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 235 |
Elevation Ft: | 771 |
Coordinates: | 41.5453°N -84.1561°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 39-16126[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1086122 |
Website: | https://www.clintontownshipfultoncounty.com/ |
Clinton Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 9,630 people in the township.
Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
The city of Wauseon, the county seat of Fulton County, is located in eastern Clinton Township, and the unincorporated community of Pettisville lies in the township's west.
It is one of seven Clinton Townships statewide.[4]
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.
A 2-mile paved section of the Wabash Cannonball Trail is in the city of Wauseon.
Students from the township are served by the following public local school districts:[6]
Mail is delivered in the township by the following U.S. Post Office locations:[7]
Most of the township is within the Wauseon telephone exchange, which is served by UTO (United Telephone Company of Ohio,) doing business as CenturyLink, with telephone numbers using the following Numbering Plan Codes:[8]
Pettisville and an area south of that are served by the Archbold telephone exchange, which is delivered by UTO (United Telephone Company of Ohio,) doing business as CenturyLink, with telephone numbers using the following Numbering Plan Codes:
A small section of the area where County Road AC and County Road 16 intersect is in the Gerald telephone exchange, delivered by UTO (United Telephone Company of Ohio,) doing business as CenturyLink, with the following codes:
A short section of County Road AC is served by the Ridgeville Corners telephone exchange:[9]
Toledo Edison serves the township with electricity.[10]
Dover Township contracts with the Wauseon Fire Department and Fulton County's Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Department located in Wauseon, Ohio.