Country United States County Holmes FIPS code 39-40852 Elevation 365 m Local time Thursday 8:23 AM | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086331 Area 72.2 km² Population 1,095 (2000) | |
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Knox Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,095 people in the township, 1,060 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Knox Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
Part of the village of Nashville is located in northern Knox Township.
Name and history
It is one of five Knox 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.