Stonelick Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Clermont County

Clermont County, Ohio

Clermont County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States, just east of Cincinnati. As of 2010, the population was 197,363. Its county seat is Batavia...

, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 5,816 people in the township, 5,000 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Goshen Township
  Goshen Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Goshen Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 13,663 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Wayne Township
  Wayne Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,025 people in the township, 4,533 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2576 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Batavia Township
  Batavia Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Batavia Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 17,503 people in the township, 15,039 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Union Township
  Union Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 42,332 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Miami Township - north...
  
   - southwest
• Miami Township
  Miami Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Miami Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 36,632 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west

The village of Owensville

Owensville, Ohio

For communities with a similar name, see Owensville.Owensville is a village in Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 816 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Owensville is located at ....

is located in southern Stonelick 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.