Country United States County Guernsey FIPS code 39-51380 Elevation 310 m Local time Thursday 1:27 PM | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086187 Population 747 (2010) | |
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Weather 1°C, Wind W at 19 km/h, 50% Humidity Area 65.01 km² (64.75 km² Land / 52 ha Water) | ||
Monroe Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 747, up from 598 at the 2000 census.
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Map of Monroe Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
No municipalities are located in Monroe Township, although the unincorporated community of Birmingham lies in the township's southeast.
Name and history
Monroe Township was established in 1818. It is one of twenty-two 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.