Country United States Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086317 Local time Thursday 12:47 AM | County Hocking FIPS code 39-26488 Elevation 222 m Population 11,409 (2000) | |
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Weather 10°C, Wind SW at 16 km/h, 32% Humidity Area 129.8 km² (128.5 km² Land / 129 ha Water) Points of interest | ||
Falls Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 11,409 people in the township, 5,010 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Falls Township, OH, USA
Geography
Falls Township consists of two disconnected portions in the center and northeast of the county, separated by a short distance. While many Ohio townships are composed of disjointed pieces due to municipal annexations, separation only by other townships is very uncommon.
Its northeastern portion (known as The Gore, or simply Gore) borders the following townships:
Its southwestern portion borders the following townships:
The majority of the city of Logan, the county seat of Hocking County, is located in the southwestern portion of Falls Township.
Name and history
Falls Township takes its name from a waterfall on the Hocking River, where a mill had been built in 1814, prior to the township's formation.
Statewide, the only other Falls Township is located in Muskingum 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.