| Union Township, Ohio | |
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| — Township — | |
| Algonquin Mill in Petersburg, Union Township. | |
| Municipalities and townships of Carroll County. | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Carroll |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22.7 sq mi (58.7 km2) |
| • Land | 22.5 sq mi (58.3 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.4 km2) |
| Elevation[1] | 1,161 ft (354 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 1,059 |
| • Density | 47.0/sq mi (18.2/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 39-78260[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1085836[1] |
Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,059 people in the township.[3]
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Located in the south central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
No municipalities are located in Union Township.
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]
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1840 | 889 |
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| 1850 | 804 | −9.6% | |
| 1860 | 664 | −17.4% | |
| 1870 | 609 | −8.3% | |
| 1880 | 684 | 12.3% | |
| 1890 | 653 | −4.5% | |
| 1900 | 578 | −11.5% | |
| 1910 | 513 | −11.2% | |
| 1920 | 513 | 0% | |
| 1930 | 432 | −15.8% | |
| 1940 | 497 | 15.0% | |
| 1950 | 515 | 3.6% | |
| 1960 | 460 | −10.7% | |
| 1970 | 482 | 4.8% | |
| 1980 | 830 | 72.2% | |
| 1990 | 900 | 8.4% | |
| 2000 | 1,059 | 17.7% | |
| 2010 | 977 | −7.7% | |
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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.
The current office holders and end of their terms are [8][9]
Trustees:
Fiscal Officer (Clerk):
Students attend the Carrollton Exempted Village School District[10]
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