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Berlin Township, Knox County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Field	Value
official_name	Berlin Township, Knox County Ohio
settlement_type	Township
image_skyline	Berlin UMC, 17900 Knox Lake.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	Berlin United Methodist Church
image_map	Map of Knox County, Ohio highlighting Berlin Township.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Berlin Township in Knox County.
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Ohio
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Knox
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	49.6
area_land_km2	47.7
area_water_km2	2.0
area_total_sq_mi	19.2
area_land_sq_mi	18.4
area_water_sq_mi	0.8
population_as_of	2020
population_footnotes
population_total	1772
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	350
elevation_ft	1148
coordinates
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	39-05844
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1086391

Berlin Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,772 people in the township.

Geography

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

Jefferson Township, Richland County - north
Worthington Township, Richland County - northeast corner
Pike Township - east
Morris Township - south
Wayne Township - southwest corner
Middlebury Township - west

No municipalities are located in Berlin Township, although the unincorporated community of Ankenytown lies in the north central part of the township.

Name and history

Berlin Township was established in 1822. It was named after Berlin, Connecticut, the hometown of many of its early settlers.

Statewide, other Berlin Townships are located in Delaware, Erie, Holmes, and Mahoning counties.

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

"Berlin township, Knox 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]].
Graham, Albert Adams. (1881). "History of Knox County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Containing a Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio". A. A. Graham & Company.
Kilbourn, John. (1833). "The Ohio Gazetteer, Or a Topographical Dictionary". Scott and Wright.
(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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