Union Township is one of the sixteen 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 Brown County

Brown County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 42,285 people, 15,555 households, and 11,790 families residing in the county. The population density was 86 people per square mile . There were 17,193 housing units at an average density of 35 per square mile...

, 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 3,015 people in the township, 1,270 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the southern part 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:

• Byrd Township
  Byrd Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Byrd Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 740 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Jackson Township - north...
  
   - northeast
• Huntington Township
  Huntington Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Huntington Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,968 people in the township, 1,365 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Jefferson Township
  Jefferson Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,355 people in the township, 902 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Pleasant Township
  Pleasant Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Pleasant Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,187 people in the township, 1,498 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

Kentucky

Kentucky

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 lies across the Ohio River to the southwest: Mason County

Mason County, Kentucky

Mason County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 16,800. Its county seat is Maysville. The county is named for George Mason, a Virginia delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention, known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights"...

 to the south, and Bracken County

Bracken County, Kentucky

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 to the west.

The village of Ripley

Ripley, Ohio

Ripley is a village in Brown County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River 50 miles southeast of Cincinnati. The population was 1,745 at the 2000 census.-History:...

is located in southwestern Union Township, along the Ohio River.

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.