New Market Township, Highland County, Ohio
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New Market Township is one of the seventeen townships
Civil township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...

 of Highland County
Highland County, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 40,875 people, 15,587 households, and 11,394 families residing in the county. The population density was 74 people per square mile . There were 17,583 housing units at an average density of 32 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 1,941 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
  • Liberty Township
    Liberty Township, Highland County, Ohio
    Liberty Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,798 people in the township, 3,430 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - northeast
  • Washington Township
    Washington Township, Highland County, Ohio
    Washington Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,048 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - southeast
  • Concord Township
    Concord Township, Highland County, Ohio
    Concord Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,167 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - south
  • Whiteoak Township
    Whiteoak Township, Highland County, Ohio
    Whiteoak Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,374 people in the township, 1,001 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - southwest
  • Hamer Township
    Hamer Township, Highland County, Ohio
    Hamer Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 699 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Union Township - north...

     - west
  • Union Township
    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:...

    - northwest


No municipalities are located in New Market Township.

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.
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