Moorefield Township, Clark County, Ohio Explained

Official Name:Moorefield Township, Clark 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:Clark
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:85.5
Area Land Km2:77.4
Area Water Km2:8.1
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:12622
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:335
Elevation Ft:1099
Coordinates:39.9833°N -83.7675°W
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:39-51912[3]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:1085856

Moorefield Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The population as of the 2020 census was 12,622.

Geography

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

Part of the city of Springfield, the county seat of Clark County, is located in southwestern Moorefield Township, and the census-designated place of Northridge is located in the township's west.

Name and history

Moorefield Township was organized in 1818. It was named after Moorefield, West Virginia (then a city in Virginia), the former hometown of many of its first settlers.[4] [5]

Statewide, the only other Moorefield Township is located in Harrison 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,[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.

Schools

Moorefield Township is home to Kenton Ridge High School,https://web.archive.org/web/20090709132506/http://www.northeastern.k12.oh.us/kr/ Northeastern High School,https://web.archive.org/web/20070318221028/http://www.northeastern.k12.oh.us/ne/ Northridge Middle School,https://web.archive.org/web/20060107095927/http://www.northeastern.k12.oh.us/nrms/ South Vienna Middle School,https://web.archive.org/web/20051215174056/http://www.northeastern.k12.oh.us/SVMS/ Rolling Hills Elementary School,https://web.archive.org/web/20061211094019/http://www.northeastern.k12.oh.us/rh/ Northridge Elementary School,https://web.archive.org/web/20070812221103/http://www.northeastern.k12.oh.us/NRES/ and South Vienna Middle School.https://web.archive.org/web/20051215175512/http://www.northeastern.k12.oh.us/sves/ All of these are part of the Northeastern Local School District.http://www.northeastern.k12.oh.us/

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Moorefield township, Clark County, Ohio . United States Census Bureau . 31 May 2023.
  2. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. 2008-01-31. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25.
  3. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. 2008-01-31.
  4. Book: The History of Clark County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Cities, Towns, Etc. . W. H. Beers and Company . 1881 . 673.
  5. Book: 20th Century History of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens . Biographical Publishing Company . Rockel, William Mahlon . 1908 . 279.
  6. http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24