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Newcastle Township, Coshocton County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Field	Value
official_name	Newcastle Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
settlement_type	Township
image_skyline	Walhonding post office 43843.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	Post office at Walhonding
image_map	Map of Coshocton County Ohio Highlighting Newcastle Township.png
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Newcastle Township in Coshocton County
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Ohio
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Coshocton
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	66.89
area_land_km2	66.86
area_water_km2	0.03
population_as_of	2020
population_footnotes
population_total	442
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	250
elevation_ft	820
coordinates
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	39-54376
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1085923

Newcastle Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 442.

Geography

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

Tiverton Township - north
Monroe Township - northeast corner
Jefferson Township - east
Bedford Township - southeast corner
Perry Township - south
Jackson Township, Knox County - southwest corner
Butler Township, Knox County - west
Union Township, Knox County - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Newcastle Township, although the unincorporated communities of Walhonding and Newcastle lie in the northern and southwestern parts of the township respectively.

Name and history

It is the only Newcastle Township statewide.

Newcastle Township was organized in 1811. Newcastle Township, also historically spelled New Castle, was named after New Castle, Delaware.

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

"Newcastle township, Coshocton 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]].
(2000). "Detailed map of Ohio". [[United States Census Bureau]].
Hunt, William Ellis. (1876). "Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio". R. Clarke & Company.
Graham, Albert Adams. (1881). "History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881". A. A. Graham.
[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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