Union Township, Carroll County, Ohio
Township in Ohio, US
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Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 868.[3]
Union Township, Carroll County, Ohio | |
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Algonquin Mill Barn in Petersburg, Union Township | |
 Location of Union Township in Carroll County | |
| Coordinates: 40°30′50″N 81°6′28″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Carroll |
| Area | |
• Total | 22.6 sq mi (58.6 km2) |
| • Land | 22.5 sq mi (58.3 km2) |
| • Water | 0.15 sq mi (0.4 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,161 ft (354 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 868 |
| • Density | 39/sq mi (14.9/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| FIPS code | 39-78260[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1085836[1] |
Geography
Located in the south central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Center Township - northeast
- Lee Township - east
- Perry Township - south
- Orange Township - southwest corner
- Monroe Township - west
- Harrison Township - northwest
No municipalities are located in Union Township.
Name and history
It is one of twenty-seven Union Townships statewide.[4] It was named Union because it was formed as a union from more than one previous townships.[5]
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,[7] 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.
Education
Students attend the Carrollton Exempted Village School District.[8]