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Bristol Township, Morgan County, Ohio

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Morgan

FIPS code
  
39-08910

Elevation
  
257 m

Population
  
207 (2000)

State
  
Ohio

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

GNIS feature ID
  
1086684

Local time
  
Friday 12:00 PM

Bristol Township, Morgan County, Ohio

Weather
  
-1°C, Wind W at 26 km/h, 52% Humidity

Area
  
99.97 km² (97.64 km² Land / 233 ha Water)

Bristol Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 207 people in the township.

Contents

Map of Bristol Township, OH, USA

Geography

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

  • Meigs Township, Muskingum County - north
  • Brookfield Township, Noble County - northeast corner
  • Manchester Township - east
  • Center Township - southeast corner
  • Meigsville Township - south
  • Morgan Township - southwest
  • Bloom Township - west
  • Blue Rock Township, Muskingum County - northwest corner
  • No municipalities are located in Bristol Township.

    Name and history

    Statewide, the only other Bristol Township is located in Trumbull 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, 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 John Kalb, Walter Vanhorn, and Paul Wickham, and the clerk is Shirley Holland.

    References

    Bristol Township, Morgan County, Ohio Wikipedia