Hopewell Township is one of the 25
townships
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of
Licking County, Ohio
Licking County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. At the 2020 census, the population was 178,519. Its county seat is Newark. The county was formed on January 30, 1808, from portions of Fairfield County.
It ...
, United States. As of the
2010 census the population was 1,381,
up from 1,200 at the 2000 census. In 2010, 1,248 of the residents lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Geography
Located on the eastern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Hanover Township - north
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Licking Township, Muskingum County - northeast corner
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Hopewell Township, Muskingum County - east
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Bowling Green Township - south
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Franklin Township - west
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Madison Township - northwest corner
Part of the village of
Gratiot is located in southeastern Hopewell Township.
Name and history
It is one of five
Hopewell Townships statewide.
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,
§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
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. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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.
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Licking County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio