Union 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 Logan County

Logan County, Ohio

Logan County is a county in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 45,858. The county seat is Bellefontaine. The county is named for Benjamin Logan, who fought Native Americans in the area....

, 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 787 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Harrison Township
  Harrison Township, Logan County, Ohio
  Harrison Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,093 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*McArthur Township - north...
  
   - north
• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Logan County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,126 people living in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Harrison Township, Champaign County
  Harrison Township, Champaign County, Ohio
  Harrison Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 823 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Miami Township
  Miami Township, Logan County, Ohio
  Miami Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,352 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Pleasant Township
  Pleasant Township, Logan County, Ohio
  Pleasant Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,082 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Union 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 was formed in 1820 from Lake Township

Lake Township, Logan County, Ohio

Lake Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 12,492 people in the township, making it the largest in population in Logan County.-Geography:...

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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.

In the elections of November 2007

United States general elections, 2007

The 2007 United States general elections were held on Tuesday, November 6. During this off-year election, the only seats up for election in the United States Congress were special elections held throughout the year. None of these congressional seats changed party hands...

, Steve Yoder and Sonya King were elected without opposition to the positions of township trustee and township fiscal officer respectively.

External links

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