Clark Township, Holmes County, Ohio
Clark Township, Holmes County, Ohio | |
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Township | |
Fields east of Charm on State Route 557 | |
Location of Clark Township in Holmes County | |
Coordinates: 40°28′24″N 81°44′21″W / 40.47333°N 81.73917°WCoordinates: 40°28′24″N 81°44′21″W / 40.47333°N 81.73917°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Ohio |
County | Holmes |
Area | |
• Total | 34.6 sq mi (89.5 km2) |
• Land | 34.5 sq mi (89.5 km2) |
• Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
Elevation[1] | 1,056 ft (322 m) |
Population (2000) | |
• Total | 3,728 |
• Density | 107.9/sq mi (41.7/km2) |
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
FIPS code | 39-15280[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 1086328[1] |
Clark Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,728 people in the township, 3,614 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]
Geography
Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Walnut Creek Township - north
- Sugar Creek Township, Tuscarawas County - northeast
- Auburn Township, Tuscarawas County - east
- Bucks Township, Tuscarawas County - southeast
- Crawford Township, Coshocton County - south
- Mill Creek Township, Coshocton County - southwest corner
- Mechanic Township - west
- Berlin Township - northwest
Part of the village of Baltic is located in southeastern Clark Township, and the unincorporated communities of Charm, Farmerstown, and Unionville lie in the northwestern, central, and northeastern parts of the township.
Name and history
Statewide, other Clark Townships are located in Brown, Clinton, and Coshocton counties. It was originally named German Township, but its name was changed to Clark Township in the 1910s.[4]
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,[5] 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.
References
- 1 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ Holmes County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ↑ Fourteenth Census of the United States: State Compendium, Volume 34: Ohio: Statistics of population occupations, agriculture, manufactures, and mines and quarries for the State, counties, and cities. Footnote 10. Bureau of the Census, United States Department of Commerce. 1925.
- ↑ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.