Country United States County Pike FIPS code 39-47824 Elevation 272 m Local time Monday 12:19 AM | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086811 Area 58.5 km² Population 1,351 (2000) | |
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Marion Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,351 people in the township, 1,068 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Marion Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
Part of the village of Beaver is located in northern Marion Township, and the unincorporated community of Stockdale lies in the southern part of the township.
Name and history
It is one of twelve Marion 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.