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Bloom Township, Morgan County, Ohio

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Morgan

FIPS code
  
39-06964

Elevation
  
265 m

Local time
  
Sunday 2:28 AM

State
  
Ohio

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

GNIS feature ID
  
1086683

Population
  
1,015 (2000)

Bloom Township, Morgan County, Ohio

Weather
  
-5°C, Wind E at 8 km/h, 62% Humidity

Area
  
66.3 km² (65.27 km² Land / 129 ha Water)

Bloom Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,015 people in the township.

Contents

Map of Bloom Township, OH, USA

Geography

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

  • Blue Rock Township, Muskingum County - north
  • Meigs Township, Muskingum County - northeast corner
  • Bristol Township - east
  • Morgan Township - south
  • Malta Township - southwest, east of Deerfield Township
  • Deerfield Township - southwest, west of Malta Township
  • York Township - west
  • Harrison Township, Muskingum County - northwest
  • No municipalities are located in Bloom Township.

    Name and history

    Statewide, other Bloom Townships are located in Fairfield, Scioto, Seneca, and Wood counties.

    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, 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.

    As of 2007, the trustees are Michael Gibeaut, Stanley Hopkins, and Carl Work, and the clerk is Trudy Massey.

    References

    Bloom Township, Morgan County, Ohio Wikipedia