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Bedford Township, Coshocton County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Field	Value
official_name	Bedford Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
settlement_type	Township
image_skyline	Noland Railroad Tunnel.jpg
image_caption	The 1887 Noland Railroad Tunnel was abandoned in 1936
image_map	Map of Coshocton County Ohio Highlighting Bedford Township.png
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Bedford Township in Coshocton County
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Ohio
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Coshocton
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	69.2
area_land_km2	69.2
area_water_km2	0.0
population_as_of	2020
population_footnotes
population_total	604
population_density_km2	auto
population_density_sq_mi	auto
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	285
elevation_ft	935
coordinates
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	39-04864
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1085910

Bedford Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 604.

Geography

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

Jefferson Township - north
Bethlehem Township - northeast corner
Jackson Township - east
Washington Township - south
Pike Township - southwest
Perry Township - west
Newcastle Township - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Bedford Township, although the unincorporated communities of Tunnel Hill and West Bedford lie in the township's central and western sections, respectively.

Name and history

Bedford Township was organized in 1825. Many of its first settlers were natives of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, hence the name.

Statewide, the only other Bedford Township is located in Meigs County.

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, 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

"Bedford township, Coshocton County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau.
(2007-10-25). "US Board on Geographic Names". [[United States Geological Survey]].
"U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
Hunt, William Ellis. (1876). "Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio". R. Clarke & Company.
Graham, Albert Adams. (1881). "History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881". A. A. Graham.
(2000). "Detailed map of Ohio". [[United States Census Bureau]].
[http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24], [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/505.01 §505.01], and [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/507.01 §507.01] of the [[Ohio Revised Code]]. Accessed 4/30/2009.

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