Union Township is one of the twenty-five townships

Civil township

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 of Licking County

Licking County, Ohio

Licking County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 166,492. Its county seat is Newark and is named for the salt licks that were in the area....

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 8,339 people in the township, 3,259 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships and city:

• Granville Township
  Granville Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Granville Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,994 people in the township, 5,827 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Newark
  Newark, Ohio
  In addition, the remains of a road leading south from the Octagon have been documented and explored. It was first surveyed in the 19th century, when its walls were more apparent. Called the Great Hopewell Road, it may extend to the Hopewell complex at Chillicothe, Ohio...
  
   - northeast
• Licking Township
  Licking Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Licking Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,870 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships and city:...
  
   - east
• Thorn Township, Perry County
  Thorn Township, Perry County, Ohio
  Thorn Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,765 people in the township, 3,034 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Walnut Township, Fairfield County
  Walnut Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
  Walnut Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,436 people in the township, 4,545 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Liberty Township, Fairfield County
  Liberty Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,265 people in the township, 4,387 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Harrison Township
  Harrison Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Harrison Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,494 people in the township, 5,974 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• St. Albans Township
  St. Albans Township, Licking County, Ohio
  St. Albans Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,060 people in the township, 1,975 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

Several municipalities are located in Union Township:

• Part of the city of Heath
  Heath, Ohio
  As of the census of 2000, there were 8,527 people, 3,403 households, and 2,375 families residing in the city. The population density was 816.6 people per square mile . There were 3,593 housing units at an average density of 344.1 per square mile...
  
  , in the northeast
• Part of the village of Buckeye Lake
  Buckeye Lake, Ohio
  Buckeye Lake is a village in Fairfield and Licking counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 3,049 at the 2000 census. It is named for Buckeye Lake, a large lake along which the village is built.-Geography:...
  
  , in the southeast
• The village of Hebron
  Hebron, Ohio
  Hebron is a village in Licking County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,034 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Hebron is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....
  
  , in the east

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.