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Green Township, Gallia County, Ohio

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Gallia

FIPS code
  
39-31738

Elevation
  
253 m

Local time
  
Thursday 6:59 PM

University
  
Gallipolis Career College

State
  
Ohio

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

GNIS feature ID
  
1086136

Area
  
98.9 km²

Population
  
5,625 (2010)

Green Township, Gallia County, Ohio

Weather
  
18°C, Wind SW at 8 km/h, 23% Humidity

Green Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 5,625.

Contents

Map of Green Township, OH, USA

Geography

Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships:

  • Springfield Township - north
  • Addison Township - northeast corner
  • Gallipolis Township - east
  • Clay Township - southeast
  • Harrison Township - south
  • Walnut Township - southwest corner
  • Perry Township - west
  • Raccoon Township - northwest corner
  • Green Township is one of only two county townships without a border on another county.

    No municipalities are located in Green Township.

    Name and history

    It is one of sixteen Green Townships statewide.

    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.

    References

    Green Township, Gallia County, Ohio Wikipedia