Union Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Miami County

Miami County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 98,868 people, 38,437 households, and 27,943 families residing in the county. The population density was 243 people per square mile . There were 40,554 housing units at an average density of 100 per square mile...

, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 10,222 people in the township, 4,673 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Newton Township
  Newton Township, Miami County, Ohio
  Newton Township is one of the twelve townships of Miami County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,354 people in the township, 2,220 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Concord Township
  Concord Township, Miami County, Ohio
  Concord Township is one of the twelve townships of Miami County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 27,335 people in the township, 5,336 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Monroe Township
  Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the twelve townships of Miami County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 15,339 people in the township, 6,118 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Clayton
  Clayton, Ohio
  Clayton is a city in Montgomery and Miami Counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 13,209 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - southeast
• Clay Township, Montgomery County
  Clay Township, Montgomery County, Ohio
  Clay Township is one of the nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 8,847.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:...
  
   - southwest
• Monroe Township, Darke County
  Monroe Township, Darke County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,674 people in the township, 1,282 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Franklin Township, Darke County
  Franklin Township, Darke County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,206 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Adams Township - north...
  
   - northwest corner

Several populated places are located in Union Township:

• Laura
  Laura, Ohio
  Laura is a village in Miami County, Ohio, United States. The population was 487 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Laura is located at ....
  
  , a village in the northwest
• Ludlow Falls
  Ludlow Falls, Ohio
  Ludlow Falls is a village in Miami County, Ohio, United States. The population was 210 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Ludlow Falls is located at ....
  
  , a village in the north
• Potsdam
  Potsdam, Ohio
  Potsdam is a village in Miami County, Ohio, United States. The population was 203 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Potsdam is located at ....
  
  , a village in the west
• Part of Union
  Union, Ohio
  Union is a city in Montgomery and Miami Counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 6,419 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Union is located at ....
  
  , a city in the southeast
• West Milton
  West Milton, Ohio
  West Milton is a village in Miami County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,630 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:West Milton is located at ....
  
  , a village in the center

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.

Education

Milton-Union High School

Milton-Union High School

Milton-Union High School is a public high school in West Milton, Ohio. The schools name is derived from the town in which the school lies , and the township of which it serves . It is the only high school in the Milton-Union Exempted Village Schools district...

serves the township (which has a unified school district).