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Miller Township, Knox County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Field	Value
official_name	Miller Township, Knox County Ohio
settlement_type	Township
image_skyline	Sycamore Road brick I-house.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	Farmhouse west of Brandon
image_map	Map of Knox County, Ohio highlighting Miller Township.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Miller 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	53.7
area_land_km2	53.7
area_water_km2	0.0
area_total_sq_mi	20.7
area_land_sq_mi	20.7
area_water_sq_mi	0.0
population_as_of	2020
population_footnotes
population_total	1095
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	335
elevation_ft	1099
coordinates
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	39-50330
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1086406

Miller Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,095 people in the township.

Geography

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

Clinton Township - north
Pleasant Township - northeast
Morgan Township - east
Burlington Township, Licking County - south
Bennington Township, Licking County - southwest corner
Milford Township - west
Liberty Township - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Miller Township.

Name and history

Miller Township was named for James Miller, a pioneer settler who gave elections officials five and one half gallons of whiskey to secure the honor. It is the only Miller Township statewide.

Miller Township was originally built up chiefly by settlers from Vermont and Rhode Island.

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

"Miller 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.
(2000). "Detailed map of Ohio". [[United States Census Bureau]].
Kilbourn, John. (1833). "The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary". Scott and Wright.
[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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