Green Township is one of the thirteen townships

Civil township

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 of Clinton County

Clinton County, Ohio

Clinton County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 42,040. The 2008 Census Population Estimate places the figure at 43,200. It is named for former U.S. Vice-President George Clinton...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,602 people in the township, 1,308 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township, up from 2,007 in 1990.

Geography

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

• Richland Township
  Richland Township, Clinton County, Ohio
  Richland Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,758 people in the township, 978 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township; the population rose from 3,626 in 1990....
  
   - north corner
• Wayne Township
  Wayne Township, Clinton County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 737 people in the township, up from 681 in 1990; only Wilson Township has a lower population.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Fairfield Township, Highland County
  Fairfield Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Fairfield Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,219 people in the township, 1,683 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast, north of Penn Township
• Penn Township, Highland County
  Penn Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Penn Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,055 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast, south of Fairfield Township
• Union Township, Highland County
  Union Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,710 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Clark Township
  Clark Township, Clinton County, Ohio
  Clark Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,861 people in the township, 1,419 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township, up from 1,581 in 1990.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,895 people in the township, up from 1,475 in 1990.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Union Township
  Union Township, Clinton County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 14,929 people in the township, up from 13,379 in 1990; of this total, 3,008 lived in unincorporated portions of the township, up from 2,260 in 1990...
  
   - northwest

The entire township lies in the Virginia Military District

Virginia Military District

The Virginia Military District was an approximately 4.2 million acre area of land in what is now the state of Ohio that was reserved by Virginia to use as payment for veterans of the American Revolutionary War....

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The village of New Vienna

New Vienna, Ohio

New Vienna is a village in Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,294 at the 2000 census.-Geography:New Vienna is located at ....

 is located in the southeastern part of Green Township, along the Highland County line.

Name and history

It is one of sixteen Green Townships statewide

Green Township, Ohio

Green Township, Ohio may refer to the following places in the U.S. state of Ohio:*Green Township, Adams County, Ohio*Green Township, Ashland County, Ohio*Green Township, Brown County, Ohio*Green Township, Clark County, Ohio...

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Formerly part of Highland County, the land was transferred by the Ohio General Assembly

Ohio General Assembly

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 so that Clinton County would have the constitutionally

Ohio Constitution

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mandated 400 square miles (1,036 km²) of territory. The township was created by the Clinton County Commissioners on August 21, 1813.

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. The trustees and clerk are chosen in non-partisan elections. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.