Official Name: | Miami Township, Logan County, Ohio |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Image Map1: | Map of Logan County Ohio Highlighting Miami Township.png |
Mapsize1: | 250px |
Map Caption1: | Location of Miami Township in Logan County |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Logan |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 59.87 |
Area Land Km2: | 59.74 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.12 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 2110 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [3] |
Elevation Ft: | 1017 |
Coordinates: | 40.2994°N -83.9344°W |
Area Code: | 937, 326 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 39-49378[4] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1086488 |
Miami Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,110.
Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
Two villages are located in Miami Township: Quincy in the west and part of DeGraff in the northeast.
Miami Township was organized in 1818.[5] It is named after the Great Miami River, which flows through the township. Statewide, other Miami Townships are found in Clermont, Greene, Hamilton, and Montgomery counties.
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.
Important highways in Miami Township include State Routes 235, 508, and 706.