Official Name: | Pierce Township, Clermont 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: | Clermont |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 59.8 |
Area Land Km2: | 59.2 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.6 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 15096 |
Population Density Km2: | 242.5 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 274 |
Elevation Ft: | 899 |
Coordinates: | 39.0231°N -84.2647°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 39-62540[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1085869 |
Pierce Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 15,096 at the 2020 census.[3]
Located in the western part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:
Campbell County, Kentucky lies across the Ohio River to the southwest.
Parts of the former village of Amelia (dissolved in 2019) are located in eastern Pierce Township. Part of the census-designated place of Withamsville is located in the township's northwest, and the unincorporated community of New Palestine is in the southwest of the township beside the river.
It is the only Pierce Township statewide.[4]
Pierce Township was established in 1853.[5]
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.