| Green Township, Hamilton County, Ohio | |
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| — Township — | |
| Municipalities and townships of Hamilton County. | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Hamilton |
| Area | |
| • Total | 27.9 sq mi (72.2 km2) |
| • Land | 27.9 sq mi (72.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation[1] | 892 ft (272 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 55,660 |
| • Density | 1,997.3/sq mi (771.2/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 39-31752[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1086212[1] |
Green Township is one of the twelve townships of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 55,660 people in the township.[3]
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Located in the west central part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:
Two cities occupy what was once part of Green Township: Cheviot in the east center, and Cincinnati, the county seat of Hamilton County, in the east and southeast. Nearly all of the remainder of the township is part of one of the following census-designated places:
The township encompasses 27.9 sq mi (72.3 km²) of gently rolling hills above the Ohio river basin northwest of downtown Cincinnati. As of 1990, over 50% of the township's area has been was converted to urban use, largely as a suburb of Cincinnati; 38% is classed as forested, and 11% as farmland.
It is one of sixteen Green Townships statewide.[4]
The township was originally held intact by John Cleves Symmes, with the apparent intent of naming it as the academy township for his purchase. In 1802 a court order awarded half the township to one of his Miami Company investors, Elias Boudinot. This became part of the disputes over the entire Symmes Purchase. The township is named after Nathaniel Greene, General in the Revolutionary War.
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,[5] 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.
Green Township is within the Oak Hills Local School District.
Oakdale Elementary School, Bridgetown Middle School and Oak Hills High School are within Bridgetown North, Green Township.[6][7] John F. Dulles Elementary School is within Mack South, Green Township.[6][8] Springmyer Elementary School is within Mack North, Green Township.[6][9]
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County operates the Green Township Branch in Mack South, Green Township.[8][10] The branch, which opened in January 1990, has a central copper dome with two smaller domed structures, which were designed to resemble and barns of horse farms which at one time prevalent in Green Township.[10]
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