Marion Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,336 people in the township, 1,031 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]

Marion Township, Morgan County, Ohio
Township
Distant view of the Barkhurst Mill Covered Bridge
Location of Marion Township in Morgan County
Coordinates: 39°29′46″N 81°52′9″W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Morgan
Area
• Total	37.7 sq mi (97.6 km2)
• Land	37.7 sq mi (97.6 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation [1]	820 ft (250 m)
Population  (2000)
• Total	1,336
• Density	35.5/sq mi (13.7/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-47796[2]
GNIS feature ID	1086690[1]

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Penn Township - north
• Windsor Township - northeast
• Wesley Township, Washington County - southeast
• Bern Township, Athens County - south
• Ames Township, Athens County - southwest corner
• Homer Township - west
• Union Township - northwest

The village of Chesterhill is located in central Marion Township.

Marion Township is the farthest south of all of Morgan County's townships.

Name and history

It is one of twelve Marion Townships statewide.[4]

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,[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.

As of 2007, the trustees are John Metcalf, Gary Newton, and Charles Simmons, and the clerk is Stanley Starling.[6]

References

External links

• County website