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Union Township, Pike County, Ohio

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Pike

FIPS code
  
39-78512

Elevation
  
221 m

Local time
  
Friday 2:07 PM

State
  
Ohio

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

GNIS feature ID
  
1086820

Area
  
61 km²

Population
  
1,240 (2000)

Union Township, Pike County, Ohio

Weather
  
13°C, Wind W at 23 km/h, 84% Humidity

Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,240 people in the township.

Contents

Map of Union Township, OH, USA

Geography

Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

  • Beaver Township - northeast
  • Marion Township - east
  • Madison Township, Scioto County - southeast
  • Jefferson Township, Scioto County - south
  • Valley Township, Scioto County - southwest corner
  • Scioto Township - west
  • Seal Township - northwest
  • No municipalities are located in Union Township.

    Name and history

    It is one of twenty-seven Union 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.

    References

    Union Township, Pike County, Ohio Wikipedia