Union Township, Belmont County, Ohio

Union Township, Union County, Ohio
Township
Location of Union Township in Belmont County
Coordinates: 40°4′28″N 81°2′17″W / 40.07444°N 81.03806°WCoordinates: 40°4′28″N 81°2′17″W / 40.07444°N 81.03806°W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Belmont
Area
• Total	35.5 sq mi (91.9 km^2)
• Land	34.7 sq mi (89.9 km^2)
• Water	0.8 sq mi (2.0 km^2)
Elevation[1]	1,270 ft (387 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	2,295
• Density	66/sq mi (25.5/km^2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-78218[2]
GNIS feature ID	1085786[1]

Union Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 2,295 people in the township,^[3] 1,992 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Flushing Township - northwest
• Goshen Township - south
• Kirkwood Township - west
• Richland Township - east
• Wheeling Township - northeast

The village of Morristown is located in central Union Township, and the unincorporated community of Lafferty lies in the township's northeast.

Name and history

Union Township was established in 1804.^[4]

It is one of twenty-seven Union Townships statewide.^[5]

In 1833, Union Township contained several flouring mills, saw mills, fulling mills, and carding machines.^[6]

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,^[7] 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

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
2. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on September 11, 2013. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
3. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Union township, Belmont County, Ohio". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
4. McKelvey, A. T. (1903). Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company. p. 262.
5. "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
6. Kilbourn, John (1833). "The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary". Scott and Wright. p. 451. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
7. §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

• County website