Monroe Township, Perry County, Ohio
Encyclopedia
Monroe Township is one of the fourteen townships
Civil township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...

 of Perry County
Perry County, Ohio
Perry County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. Founded on March 1, 1818, it was the 55th county to be formed in Ohio. Portions of Fairfield, Washington and Muskingum Counties were taken to create Perry County. As of the 2010 census, the population was 36,058. Its county seat...

, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. The 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

 found 1,565 people in the township, 926 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
  • Bearfield Township
    Bearfield Township, Perry County, Ohio
    Bearfield Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,412 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Harrison Township - north...

     - north
  • Deerfield Township, Morgan County
    Deerfield Township, Morgan County, Ohio
    Deerfield Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 802 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*York Township - north...

     - northeast corner
  • Union Township, Morgan County
    Union Township, Morgan County, Ohio
    Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 607 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Deerfield Township - north...

     - east
  • Homer Township, Morgan County
    Homer Township, Morgan County, Ohio
    Homer Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 976 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:*Union Township - north...

     - southeast corner
  • Trimble Township, Athens County
    Trimble Township, Athens County, Ohio
    Trimble Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,710 people in the township, 1,728 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - south
  • Coal Township
    Coal Township, Perry County, Ohio
    Coal Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,106 people in the township, 332 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - southwest
  • Salt Lick Township
    Salt Lick Township, Perry County, Ohio
    Salt Lick Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,200 people in the township, 450 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - west
  • Pleasant Township
    Pleasant Township, Perry County, Ohio
    Pleasant Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 794 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - northwest


Two villages are located in Monroe Township: Corning
Corning, Ohio
Corning is a village in Perry County, Ohio, United States. The population was 593 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Corning is located at , along Sunday Creek....

 in its center, and Rendville
Rendville, Ohio
Rendville is a village in Perry County, Ohio, United States. The population was 46 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Rendville is located at , along Sunday Creek....

 in its north. The ghost town
Ghost town
A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...

 of San Toy
San Toy, Ohio
San Toy is a ghost town in northeastern Monroe Township, Perry County, Ohio, United States. A flourishing community in the early 20th century, it was a mining town created by the Sunday Creek Coal Company.-History:...

lies in the township's northeast.

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.
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK