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Bloomfield Township, Logan County, Ohio

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Logan

FIPS code
  
39-07118

Elevation
  
306 m

Local time
  
Sunday 2:44 AM

Area code
  
937

State
  
Ohio

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

GNIS feature ID
  
1086481

Area
  
59.3 km²

Population
  
419 (2000)

Bloomfield Township, Logan County, Ohio

Weather
  
-2°C, Wind SE at 16 km/h, 60% Humidity

Bloomfield Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 419 people in the township, making Bloomfield the smallest township in Logan County in population.

Contents

Map of Bloomfield Township, OH, USA

Geography

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

  • Stokes Township - north
  • Washington Township - east
  • Pleasant Township - south
  • Salem Township, Shelby County - southwest
  • Jackson Township, Shelby County - west
  • No municipalities are located within Bloomfield Township.

    Name and history

    Bloomfield Township was organized in 1832. Statewide, other Bloomfield Townships are located in Jackson and Trumbull 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.

    In the elections of November 2007, Franklin Faulder defeated two other candidates in the election for the position of township trustee, while Laura Magoto was elected without opposition in the election for the position of township fiscal officer.

    Transportation

    State Route 274 passes through the northern part of Bloomfield Township.

    References

    Bloomfield Township, Logan County, Ohio Wikipedia