Coal Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Perry County

Perry County, Ohio

Perry County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. Founded on March 1, 1818, it was the 55th county to be formed in Ohio. Portions of Fairfield, Washington and Muskingum Counties were taken to create Perry County. As of the 2010 census, the population was 36,058. Its county seat...

, Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,106 people in the township, 332 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Salt Lick Township
  Salt Lick Township, Perry County, Ohio
  Salt Lick Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,200 people in the township, 450 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Monroe Township
  Monroe Township, Perry County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,565 people in the township, 926 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Trimble Township, Athens County
  Trimble Township, Athens County, Ohio
  Trimble Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,710 people in the township, 1,728 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Ward Township, Hocking County
  Ward Township, Hocking County, Ohio
  Ward Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,937 people in the township, 1,474 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Falls Township, Hocking County (northeastern portion)
  Falls Township, Hocking County, Ohio
  Falls Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 11,409 people in the township, 5,010 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Monday Creek Township
  Monday Creek Township, Perry County, Ohio
  Monday Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 671 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

The village of New Straitsville

New Straitsville, Ohio

New Straitsville is a village in Perry County, Ohio, United States. The population was 774 at the 2000 census.-History:New Straitsville was originally founded in 1870 as a coal mining town by the New Straitsville Mining Company. The town grew quickly and by 1880 the population was over 4000 people...

 is located in western Coal Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Coal Township is located in Jackson County

Coal Township, Jackson County, Ohio

Coal Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 2,078 people lived in the township, including 1,533 in its unincorporated areas.-Geography:...

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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.