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Wheeling Township, Guernsey County, Ohio

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Guernsey

FIPS code
  
39-84616

Elevation
  
257 m

Local time
  
Saturday 5:51 PM

State
  
Ohio

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

GNIS feature ID
  
1086194

Area
  
83.5 km²

Population
  
686 (2010)

Wheeling Township, Guernsey County, Ohio

Weather
  
6°C, Wind NW at 14 km/h, 74% Humidity

Wheeling Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 686, down from 752 at the 2000 census.

Contents

Map of Wheeling Township, OH, USA

Geography

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

  • Oxford Township, Tuscarawas County - north
  • Washington Township, Tuscarawas County - northeast corner
  • Monroe Township - east
  • Liberty Township - southeast
  • Knox Township - southwest
  • Linton Township, Coshocton County - west
  • Oxford Township, Coshocton County - northwest
  • No municipalities are located in Wheeling Township.

    Name and history

    Wheeling Township was established in 1810. Statewide, the only other Wheeling Township is located in Belmont County.

    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

    Wheeling Township, Guernsey County, Ohio Wikipedia