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South Bloomfield Township, Morrow County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Field	Value
official_name	South Bloomfield Township, Morrow County, Ohio
settlement_type	Township
image_skyline	Highland High School, west of Sparta.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	Highland High School
image_map	South Bloomfield Morrow.PNG
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of South Bloomfield Township in Morrow County
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Ohio
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Morrow
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	67.2
area_land_km2	67.1
area_water_km2	0.1
area_total_sq_mi	25.9
area_land_sq_mi	25.9
area_water_sq_mi	0.0
population_as_of	2020
population_footnotes
population_total	1768
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	416
elevation_ft	1365
coordinates
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	39-73061
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1086709

South Bloomfield Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,768 people in the township, 121 of whom lived in the village of Sparta.

Geography

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

Chester Township - north
Wayne Township, Knox County - northeast corner
Liberty Township, Knox County - east
Milford Township, Knox County - southeast corner
Hilliar Township, Knox County - south
Porter Township, Delaware County - southwest corner
Bennington Township - west
Harmony Township - northwest corner

The village of Sparta is located in northern South Bloomfield Township.

Name and history

South Bloomfield Township was organized in 1817. Bloomfield is a descriptive name for the wildflowers which were once frequent there. It is the only South Bloomfield 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

"South Bloomfield township, Morrow 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]].
(1880). "History of Morrow County and Ohio: Containing a Brief History of the State of Ohio". O.L. Baskin & Company.
(1911). "History of Morrow County, Ohio: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests". Lewis Publishing 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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