Country United States County Belmont FIPS code 39-27566 Elevation 323 m Local time Monday 2:39 PM Area code 740 | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1085777 Zip code 43977 Population 2,021 (2010) | |
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Weather 2°C, Wind E at 13 km/h, 48% Humidity Area 80.29 km² (72.52 km² Land / 7.77 km² Water) | ||
Flushing Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 2,021 people in the township, of which 804 lived in unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Flushing Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
Two villages are located in Flushing Township: Flushing in the east, and Holloway in the north.
Name and history
It is the only Flushing Township statewide.
Flushing Township was organized in 1817. Flushing Township was originally settled chiefly by Quakers.
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.