Union Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Champaign County

Champaign County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 38,890 people, 14,952 households, and 10,870 families residing in the county. The population density was 91 people per square mile . There were 15,890 housing units at an average density of 37 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,920 people in the township, 1,788 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Wayne Township
  Wayne Township, Champaign County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,660 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Rush Township
  Rush Township, Champaign County, Ohio
  Rush Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,779 people in the township, 874 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Goshen Township
  Goshen Township, Champaign County, Ohio
  Goshen Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,383 people in the township, 1,639 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Pleasant Township, Clark County
  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:...
  
   - south
• Moorefield Township, Clark County
  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:...
  
   - southwest
• Urbana Township
  Urbana Township, Champaign County, Ohio
  Urbana Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 14,968 people in the township, 3,366 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Salem Township
  Salem Township, Champaign County, Ohio
  Salem Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,307 people in the township, 2,296 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

The village of Mutual

Mutual, Ohio

Mutual is a village in Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The population was 132 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Mutual is located at . It lies at the intersection of State Routes 29 and 161. The nearest stream is Buck Creek, a tributary of the Mad River, which flows about 1 mile west of the...

 is located in the center of the township.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-seven Union Townships statewide

Union Township, Ohio

Union Township, Ohio may refer to:*Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio*Union Township, Belmont County, Ohio*Union Township, Brown County, Ohio*Union Township, Carroll County, Ohio*Union Township, Champaign County, Ohio...

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Union Township is the location of a Native American mound

Tumulus

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, the Carl Potter Mound

Carl Potter Mound

The Carl Potter Mound is a historic Native American mound in southern Champaign County, Ohio, United States. Located near Mechanicsburg, it lies on a small ridge in a pasture field in southeastern Union Township...

. Believed to be a work of the Adena culture

Adena culture

The Adena culture was a Pre-Columbian Native American culture that existed from 1000 to 200 BC, in a time known as the early Woodland Period. The Adena culture refers to what were probably a number of related Native American societies sharing a burial complex and ceremonial system...

, the mound is an archaeological site

Archaeological site

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 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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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.

External links

• County website
• County & Township Map of Ohio (PDF object)