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Morris Township, Knox County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Field	Value
official_name	Morris Township, Knox County, Ohio
settlement_type	Township
image_skyline	Richard and Ann Loveridge House.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	The Richard and Ann Loveridge House, built 1832
image_map	Map of Knox County, Ohio highlighting Morris Township.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Morris 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	54.4
area_land_km2	54.4
area_water_km2	0.0
area_total_sq_mi	21.0
area_land_sq_mi	21.0
area_water_sq_mi	0.0
population_as_of	2020
population_footnotes
population_total	2098
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	333
elevation_ft	1093
coordinates
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	39-52290
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1086409

Morris Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,098 people in the township.

Geography

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

Berlin Township - north
Pike Township - northeast
Monroe Township - east
Clinton Township - south
Liberty Township - southwest corner
Wayne Township - west
Middlebury Township - northwest corner

Small parts of two municipalities are located in Morris Township: the city of Mount Vernon, the county seat of Knox County, in the southeast; and the village of Fredericktown, in the northwest. The unincorporated community of Knox is located in Morris Township.

Name and history

Morris Township was established in 1812. It was named after Morris County, New Jersey, the native home of many of the township's pioneer settlers.

It is the only Morris Township 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

"Morris 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]].
[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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