Salt Rock Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Marion County

Marion County, Ohio

Marion County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 66,501. Its county seat is the city of Marion and is named for General Francis "The Swamp Fox" Marion, an officer in the Revolutionary War....

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 699 people in the township, 311 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Pitt Township, Wyandot County
  Pitt Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Pitt Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,036 people in the township, 833 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Antrim Township, Wyandot County
  Antrim Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Antrim Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,275 people in the township, 736 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Grand Prairie Township
  Grand Prairie Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Grand Prairie Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,609 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Marion Township
  Marion Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 44,908 people in the township, 9,590 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Big Island Township
  Big Island Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Big Island Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,223 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Montgomery Township
  Montgomery Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Montgomery Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,498 people in the township, 1,175 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Grand Township
  Grand Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Grand Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 385 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Marseilles Township, Wyandot County
  Marseilles Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Marseilles Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 446 people in the township, 322 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

The village of Morral

Morral, Ohio

Morral is a village in Marion County, Ohio, United States. The population was 388 at the 2000 census.-History:When the promoters of the Columbus and Toledo Railroad Company, present day CSX, announced its route would include Salt Rock Township, Samuel Morral I and Jacob Neff, each of whom owned the...

 is located in northeastern Salt Rock Township.

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.

Notable residents

• John Purdue
  John Purdue
  John Purdue was a famous industrialist based in Lafayette, Indiana and the primary original benefactor of Purdue University.-Early life:...
  
   1802-1876, born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
  Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
  Huntingdon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. In 2010, its population was 45,913.Huntingdon County was created on September 20, 1787, from part of Bedford County. Its county seat is Huntingdon.-Geography:According to the U.S...
  
  . He was a famous industrialist based in Lafayette, Indiana
  Lafayette, Indiana
  Lafayette is a city in and the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, northwest of Indianapolis. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 67,140. West Lafayette, on the other side of the Wabash River, is home to Purdue University, which has a large impact on...
  
   and the primary original benefactor of Purdue University
  Purdue University
  Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
  
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