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Etna Township, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Field	Value
official_name	Etna Township, Licking County, Ohio
settlement_type	Township
image_skyline	Etna Township hall.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	Township hall at Etna
image_map	Licking County, Ohio highlighting Etna Township.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Etna Township in Licking County
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Ohio
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Licking
unit_pref	Imperial
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	60.6
area_land_km2	60.3
area_water_km2	0.3
population_as_of	2020
population_footnotes
population_total	18896
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	326
elevation_ft	1070
coordinates
postal_code_type	ZIP code
postal_code	43018, 43062
area_code	740
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	39-25690
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1086456
website

Etna Township is one of the 25 townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,896.

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and city:

Pataskala - north
Harrison Township - northeast
Liberty Township, Fairfield County - southeast
Violet Township, Fairfield County - southwest
Truro Township, Franklin County - west
Jefferson Township, Franklin County - northwest corner

Part of the city of Reynoldsburg occupies the western end of Etna Township, part of the village of Kirkersville occupies the eastern end, and the census-designated place of Etna lies in the central part of the township.

Name and history

Etna Township was established in 1833. It is the only Etna Township statewide.

Two Native American mounds, known as the "Etna Township Mounds", are located within the township. Etna Township is located entirely within the Refugee Tract.

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

"U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: County Subdivisions: Ohio".
"Etna township, Licking 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]].
Overman, William Daniel. (1958). "Ohio Town Names". Atlantic Press.
(2000). "Detailed map of Ohio". [[United States Census Bureau]].
{{NRISref. 2009a
[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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