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Country
  
United States

County
  
Miami

FIPS code
  
39-78456

Elevation
  
281 m

Population
  
10,222 (2000)

State
  
Ohio

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

GNIS feature ID
  
1086644

Local time
  
Friday 2:06 PM

Union Township, Miami County, Ohio

Weather
  
12°C, Wind W at 24 km/h, 91% Humidity

Area
  
126.4 km² (125.6 km² Land / 78 ha Water)

Union Township is one of the twelve townships of Miami County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 10,222 people in the township, 4,673 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Contents

Map of Union Township, OH, USA

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

  • Newton Township - north
  • Concord Township - northeast
  • Monroe Township - east
  • Clayton - southeast
  • Clay Township, Montgomery County - southwest
  • Monroe Township, Darke County - west
  • Franklin Township, Darke County - northwest corner
  • Several populated places are located in Union Township:

  • Laura, a village in the northwest
  • Ludlow Falls, a village in the north
  • Potsdam, a village in the west
  • Part of Union, a city in the southeast
  • West Milton, a village in the center
  • 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.

    Education

    Milton-Union High School serves the township (which has a unified school district).

    References

    Union Township, Miami County, Ohio Wikipedia


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