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Monroe Township, Richland County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Field	Value
official_name	Monroe Township, Richland County, Ohio
settlement_type	Township
image_skyline	Malabar Farm Main Dairy Barn.JPG
imagesize	250px
image_caption	Malabar Farm State Park
image_map	Monroe Richland.PNG
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Monroe Township in Richland County.
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Ohio
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Richland
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	96.1
area_land_km2	94.3
area_water_km2	1.8
area_total_sq_mi	37.1
area_land_sq_mi	36.4
area_water_sq_mi	0.7
population_as_of	2020
population_footnotes
population_total	2721
population_density_km2	28.9
population_density_sq_mi	74.8
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	308
elevation_ft	1010
coordinates
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	39-51576
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1086881

Monroe Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2020 census found 2,721 people in the township.

Geography

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

Mifflin Township – north, west of Mifflin Township, Ashland County
Mifflin Township, Ashland County – north, east of Mifflin Township, Richland County
Vermillion Township, Ashland County – northeast corner
Green Township, Ashland County – east
Hanover Township, Ashland County – southeast corner
Butler Township – south
Jefferson Township – southwest corner
Washington Township – west
Madison Township – northwest corner

Part of the village of Lucas is located in northwestern Monroe Township.

Name and history

Monroe Township was organized on February 11, 1817 with the first settler being a man named David Hill who built the first cabin in the southwestern section of the township. It is one of twenty-two Monroe Townships statewide.

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

"Monroe township, Richland 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]].
"About Monroe Township". [[Monroe Township Lucas Ohio]].
(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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