Springfield Township is one of the fifteen
townships of
Gallia County,
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 3,413.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Morgan Township - north
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Cheshire Township - northeast corner
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Addison Township - east
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Gallipolis Township - southeast corner
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Green Township - south
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Perry Township - southwest corner
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Raccoon Township - west
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Huntington Township - northwest corner
Springfield Township is one of only two county townships without a border on another county.
No municipalities are located in Springfield Township, although the
unincorporated communities of
Bidwell and
Kerr
Kerr may refer to:
People
*Kerr (surname)
*Kerr (given name) Places
;United States
*Kerr Township, Champaign County, Illinois
*Kerr, Montana, A US census-designated place
*Kerr, Ohio, an unincorporated community
*Kerr County, Texas
Kerr Co ...
are located near the center of the township.
Name and history
It is one of eleven
Springfield 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
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' (ORC) contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments o ...
. 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 Gallia County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio