FIPS code 39-51338 Elevation 268 m Local time Thursday 1:26 PM | Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1085867 Population 7,828 (2010) | |
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Weather 2°C, Wind W at 11 km/h, 32% Humidity Area 82.1 km² (81.33 km² Land / 78 ha Water) | ||
Monroe Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 7,828.
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Map of Monroe Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the southwestern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:
Campbell County, Kentucky lies across the Ohio River to the southwest.
No municipalities are located in Monroe Township, although the unincorporated community of Point Pleasant lies in the township's south along the Ohio River.
Name and history
It is one of 22 Monroe 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.