St. Clair Township, Butler County, Ohio

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St. Clair Township, one of thirteen in Butler County, Ohio, consists of three disconnected pieces located along the Great Miami River in central Butler County. It had a population of 7,336 in 2000, down from 7,670 in 1990. Exclusive of the village of New Miami, which lies within its borders, the unincorporated portion of St. Clair Township had 4,608 inhabitants in 2000. It is named for General Arthur St. Clair, governor of the Northwest Territory before Ohio's statehood.

St. Clair Township, Butler County, Ohio

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[edit] Township erected in 1803

One of the original five townships of Butler County, it was erected by the Butler County Court of Quarter Sessions on May 10, 1803, with these boundaries:

Beginning on the west bank of the Miami at the southwest corner of the fractional township No. 1 of the fourth range west of the Miami; thence north to the northern boundary of the county; thence west to the northwest corner of the county; thence south to the southwest corner of the township No. 4 of the first range west of the Miami; thence east to the Miami; thence northeasterly and northwestwardly up the Miami to the place of beginning.

[edit] Lost territory to new townships and Hamilton

The area of the township has been significantly reduced from the original boundaries. Four new townships were created from it: Milford Township and Wayne Township, both on December 2, 1805; Reily Township on December 7, 1807; and Hanover Township (from parts of St. Clair and Ross Townships) on December 2, 1811. What is now Oxford Township was originally within the bounds of St. Clair Township, Oxford having been erected from Milford Township in 1811.

From these reduced borders, which consisted of nineteen whole and nine fractional sections, a substantial area has been withdrawn from the township because of annexations by the city of Hamilton. Most of the area of Hamilton west of the Great Miami River, the township's southern boundary, was originally included in St. Clair Township. In 1857, a paper township, Hamilton, was erected from parts of St. Clair and Fairfield Townships.

[edit] Neighbors

The southeastern border is the Great Miami River. East of it is Madison Township to the northeast and to the southeast Fairfield Township (but most of this territory has since been incorporated into the cities of Hamilton and Fairfield) and . Ross and Hanover Townships are to the west, Milford Township is to the northwest, and Wayne Township is to the north.

[edit] 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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

[edit] Roads and industry

The principal highways are state routes 128, 127 (the main road between Hamilton and Eaton, and 177.

The Miller Brewing Company operates a brewery in the northeast, on the line with Madison Township. The Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company has a generating plant in the township.

[edit] Historic population figures

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