Moorefield Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Harrison County, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 420 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Nottingham Township
  Nottingham Township, Harrison County, Ohio
  Nottingham Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 392 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the south central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Cadiz Township
  Cadiz Township, Harrison County, Ohio
  Cadiz Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,639 people in the township, 331 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Athens Township
  Athens Township, Harrison County, Ohio
  Athens Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 520 people in the township, 187 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Flushing Township, Belmont County
  Flushing Township, Belmont County, Ohio
  Flushing Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,990 people in the township, 745 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Freeport Township
  Freeport Township, Harrison County, Ohio
  Freeport Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 763 people in the township, 365 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Harrison County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 598 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Moorefield Township, although the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 of Piedmont

Piedmont, Ohio

Piedmont is an unincorporated community in western Moorefield Township, Harrison County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43983.-References:...

 lies in the western part of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Moorefield Township is located in Clark County

Moorefield Township, Clark County, Ohio

Moorefield Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 11,402 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

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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.