Union Township is one of the twelve
townships
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of
Miami County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 9,569 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Newton Township - north
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Concord Township - northeast
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Monroe Township - east
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Clayton - southeast
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Clay Township, Montgomery County - southwest
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Monroe Township, Darke County - west
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Franklin Township, Darke County - northwest corner
Several populated places are located in Union Township:
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Laura, a village in the northwest
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Ludlow Falls, a village in the north
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Potsdam
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, a village in the west
*Part of
Union
Union commonly refers to:
* Trade union, an organization of workers
* Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets
Union may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Music
* Union (band), an American rock group
** ''Un ...
, a city in the southeast
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West Milton, a village in the center
Name and history
It is one of twenty-seven
Union 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'' 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 of the G ...
. 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.
Education
Milton-Union High School
Milton-Union High School is a public high school in West Milton, Ohio, United States. Its name is derived from the town in which it lies (West Milton), and the township which it serves (Union Township). It is the only high school in the Milton-Uni ...
serves the township (which has a unified school district).
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Miami County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio