Harmony Township is one of the ten townships

Civil township

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 of Clark County

Clark County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 144,742 people, 56,648 households, and 39,370 families residing in the county. The population density was 362 people per square mile . There were 61,056 housing units at an average density of 153 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

 found 3,548 people in the township, 3,079 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Pleasant Township
  Pleasant Township, Clark County, Ohio
  Pleasant Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,134 people in the township, 2,822 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Somerford Township, Madison County
  Somerford Township, Madison County, Ohio
  Somerford Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,975 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Pike Township - north...
  
   - northeast
• Union Township, Madison County
  Union Township, Madison County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,411 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Deer Creek Township - north...
  
   - east
• Paint Township, Madison County
  Paint Township, Madison County, Ohio
  Paint Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 565 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Madison Township
  Madison Township, Clark County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,796 people in the township, 946 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Green Township
  Green Township, Clark County, Ohio
  Green Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,736 people in the township, 2,687 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Springfield Township
  Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio
  Springfield Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 13,424 people in the township.-Geography:Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Moorefield Township - north...
  
   - west
• Moorefield Township
  Moorefield Township, Clark County, Ohio
  Moorefield Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 11,402 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

The village of South Vienna

South Vienna, Ohio

South Vienna is a village in Clark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 469 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area....

 is located in the northern part of the township, and the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 of Plattsburgh

Plattsburgh, Ohio

Plattsburgh is an unincorporated village in central Harmony Township, Clark County, Ohio, United States. It is located along State Route 54 near the headwaters of the North Fork Little Miami River....

 lies at the center of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Harmony Township is located in Morrow County

Harmony Township, Morrow County, Ohio

Harmony Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,040 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

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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.