Country United States County Logan FIPS code 39-51464 Elevation 418 m Local time Thursday 1:30 PM Area code 937 | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086489 Area 80.8 km² Population 1,503 (2000) | |
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Monroe Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,503 people in the township.
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Map of Monroe Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
Parts of the villages of West Liberty and Valley Hi are located in southwestern and northern Monroe Township respectively, and the unincorporated community of Pickrelltown lies in the township's north.
Name and history
Monroe Township was organized in 1822. 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.
In the elections of November 2007, Dale Barns and Linda Stuart were elected without opposition to the positions of township trustee and township fiscal officer respectively.
Transportation
Important highways in Monroe Township include State Routes 245 and 287.