Richland Township is one of the seventeen 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 Logan County

Logan County, Ohio

Logan County is a county in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 45,858. The county seat is Bellefontaine. The county is named for Benjamin Logan, who fought Native Americans in the area....

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. 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 2,455 people in the township.

Geography

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

• McDonald Township, Hardin County
  McDonald Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  McDonald Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 914 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Cessna Township - north...
  
   - north
• Taylor Creek Township, Hardin County
  Taylor Creek Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Taylor Creek Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 517 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Rushcreek Township
  Rushcreek Township, Logan County, Ohio
  Rushcreek Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,191 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• McArthur Township
  McArthur Township, Logan County, Ohio
  McArthur Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,949 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Richland Township - north...
  
   - south
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Logan County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,945 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Stokes Township
  Stokes Township, Logan County, Ohio
  Stokes Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,367 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Roundhead Township, Hardin County
  Roundhead Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Roundhead Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 752 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

The village of Belle Center

Belle Center, Ohio

Belle Center is a village in Logan County, Ohio, United States. The population was 807 at the 2000 census. It is a Tree City USA, one of the smallest in the state.-Name:...

 is located in northern Richland Township, and the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Northwood

Northwood, Logan County, Ohio

Northwood is a small, unincorporated crossroads village in northern Logan County, Ohio, United States. It lies along the line between Richland Township and McArthur Township, approximately two miles south of the village of Belle Center and near the South Fork of the Great Miami River. Northwood...

 lies in the township's southeast, along the border with McArthur Township.

The eastern part of Indian Lake

Indian Lake (Ohio)

Indian Lake is a reservoir in Logan County, western Ohio, in the United States. It is approximately 20 mi southeast of Lima...

 is located in western Richland Township.

Name and history

It is one of twelve Richland Townships statewide

Richland Township, Ohio

Richland Township, Ohio may refer to:*Richland Township, Allen County, Ohio*Richland Township, Belmont County, Ohio*Richland Township, Clinton County, Ohio*Richland Township, Darke County, Ohio*Richland Township, Defiance County, Ohio...

.

Richland Township was formed in 1844 from McArthur Township

McArthur Township, Logan County, Ohio

McArthur Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,949 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Richland Township - north...

. It was the last township formed within Logan 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.

In the elections of November 2007

United States general elections, 2007

The 2007 United States general elections were held on Tuesday, November 6. During this off-year election, the only seats up for election in the United States Congress were special elections held throughout the year. None of these congressional seats changed party hands...

, David Leiter and Gretchen Anderson were elected without opposition to the positions of township trustee and township fiscal officer respectively.

Transportation

Important highways in Richland Township include State Routes 117, 235, 273

Ohio State Route 273

State Route 273 is a two-lane east–west state highway in Logan and Hardin counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. It begins at an intersection with State Route 31 in Mt. Victory, passes through Belle Center, and ends in a dead end on Long Island at Indian Lake...

, 366, and 368.

The township is the location of the Bickham Covered Bridge, which carries County Road 38 over the South Fork of the Miami River

Great Miami River

The Great Miami River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately long, in southwestern Ohio in the United States...

. Built in 1877 and refurbished in 1959, it employs the Howe truss design. The bridge's length is 94 feet (28.7 m).

External links

• County website
• County & Township Map of Ohio (PDF object)
• Detailed Logan County map