Pease Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Belmont County

Belmont County, Ohio

Belmont County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 70,400. Its county seat is St. Clairsville...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 14,961 people in the township, 4,367 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of the county along the Ohio River

Ohio River

The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. At the confluence, the Ohio is even bigger than the Mississippi and, thus, is hydrologically the main stream of the whole river system, including the Allegheny River further upstream...

, it borders the following townships:

• Warren Township, Jefferson County
  Warren Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Warren Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,499 people in the township, 2,044 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Pultney Township
  Pultney Township, Belmont County, Ohio
  Pultney Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,700 people in the township, 4,751 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Richland Township
  Richland Township, Belmont County, Ohio
  Richland Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 13,571 people in the township, 8,514 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Colerain Township
  Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio
  Colerain Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,438 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Mount Pleasant Township, Jefferson County
  Mount Pleasant Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Mount Pleasant Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,588 people in the township, 1,503 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

Ohio County

Ohio County, West Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 47,427 people, 19,733 households, and 12,155 families residing in the county. The population density was 447 people per square mile . There were 22,166 housing units at an average density of 209 per square mile...

, West Virginia

West Virginia

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 lies across the Ohio River to the east.

Several municipalities are located in Pease Township:

• The village of Bridgeport
  Bridgeport, Ohio
  Bridgeport is a village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,831 at the 2010 census...
  
   in the southeast, along the Ohio River
• The village of Brookside
  Brookside, Ohio
  Brookside is a village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 644 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Brookside is located at ....
  
   in the south
• The city of Martins Ferry
  Martins Ferry, Ohio
  During the census of 2000, there were 7,226 people, 3,202 households, and 1,959 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,345.1 people per square mile . There were 3,680 housing units at an average density of 1,703.6 per square mile...
  
   in the east, along the Ohio River
• The village of Yorkville
  Yorkville, Ohio
  Yorkville is a village in Belmont and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 1,230 at the 2000 census.Yorkville lies within two Metropolitan Statistical Areas – the Belmont County portion is part of the Wheeling metropolitan area, while the Jefferson County portion...
  
   in the northeast, along the Ohio River

The unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Riverview

Riverview, Belmont County, Ohio

Riverview is an unincorporated area along State Route 7 in southeastern Pease Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States, between Martins Ferry and Bellaire. At one time, Riverview was a small unincorporated village, but it was mostly demolished to make way for part of Interstate 470 near its...

lies in the township's southeast.

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.