| Bloomfield Township, Logan County, Ohio | |
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| — Township — | |
| Bloomfield Township consists generally of flat farmland with scattered copses of trees | |
| Location of Bloomfield Township in Ohio | |
| Municipalities and townships of Logan County | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Logan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22.9 sq mi (59.3 km2) |
| • Land | 22.9 sq mi (59.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation[1] | 1,004 ft (306 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 419 |
| • Density | 18.3/sq mi (7.1/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code(s) | 937 |
| FIPS code | 39-07118[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1086481[1] |
Bloomfield Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 419 people in the township, making Bloomfield the smallest township in Logan County in population.[3]
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Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
No municipalities are located within Bloomfield Township.
Statewide, other Bloomfield Townships are located in Jackson and Trumbull Counties.
Bloomfield Township was formed in 1832 from Miami Township.
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, Franklin Faulder defeated two other candidates in the election for the position of township trustee,[4] while Laura Magoto was elected without opposition in the election for the position of township fiscal officer.[5]
State Route 274 passes through the northern part of Bloomfield Township.
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