Union Township, Logan County, Ohio Explained

Official Name:Union Township, Logan County, Ohio
Settlement Type:Township
Mapsize:250px
Image Map1:Map of Logan County Ohio Highlighting Union Township.png
Mapsize1:250px
Map Caption1:Location of Union 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 Km2:59.51
Area Land Km2:59.29
Area Water Km2:0.22
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:755
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Footnotes:[3]
Elevation Ft:1040
Coordinates:40.3017°N -83.8239°W
Area Code:937, 326
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:39-78414[4]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:1086495

Union Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 755.

Geography

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

No municipalities are located in Union Township.

Name and history

Union Township was formed in 1820.[5] It is one of twenty-seven Union Townships statewide.[6]

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,[7] 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.

Transportation

State Route 508 passes through Union Township.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: County Subdivisions: Ohio. U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division. July 23, 2020.
  2. Web site: Union township, Logan County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile . United States Census Bureau . 17 July 2023.
  3. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. 2008-01-31. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25.
  4. Web site: U.S. Census website . . 2008-01-31 .
  5. Book: The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary . Scott and Wright . 1833 . 12 December 2013 . Kilbourn, John . 453.
  6. Web site: Detailed map of Ohio. United States Census Bureau. 2000. PDF. 2007-02-16.
  7. http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24