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Congress Township, Morrow County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Township in Ohio, US

FieldValue
official_nameCongress Township, Morrow County, Ohio
settlement_typeTownship
image_skylineCongress Township soybean fields.jpg
imagesize250px
image_captionCountryside southwest of West Point
image_mapCongress Morrow.PNG
mapsize250px
map_captionLocation of Congress Township in Morrow County
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameUnited States
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Ohio
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Morrow
unit_prefImperial
area_total_km282.0
area_land_km281.2
area_water_km20.8
area_total_sq_mi31.7
area_land_sq_mi31.3
area_water_sq_mi0.3
population_as_of2020
population_footnotes
population_total2939
population_density_km2auto
population_density_sq_miauto
timezoneEastern (EST)
utc_offset-5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST-4
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m423
elevation_ft1388
coordinates
blank_nameFIPS code
blank_info39-18294
blank1_nameGNIS feature ID
blank1_info1086701

Congress Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,939 people in the township.

Geography

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

  • North Bloomfield Township - north
  • Troy Township - northeast corner
  • Perry Township - east
  • Franklin Township - south
  • Gilead Township - southwest
  • Washington Township - northwest

No municipalities are located in Congress Township, although the census-designated place of Candlewood Lake is located in the township's northwest.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Congress Township is located in Wayne 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

References

  1. "Congress township, Morrow County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau.
  2. (2007-10-25). "US Board on Geographic Names". [[United States Geological Survey]].
  3. "U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
  4. [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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