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Washington Township, Scioto County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Field	Value
official_name	Washington Township, Scioto County, Ohio
settlement_type	Township
image_skyline	Philip Moore Stone House.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	The Philip Moore Stone House, built 1797
image_map	Map of Scioto County Ohio Highlighting Washington Township.png
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Washington Township in Scioto County
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Ohio
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Scioto
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	65.8
area_land_km2	64.6
area_water_km2	1.3
area_total_sq_mi	25.4
area_land_sq_mi	24.9
area_water_sq_mi	0.5
population_as_of	2020
population_footnotes
population_total	5214
population_density_km2	80.7
population_density_sq_mi	209.4
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	219
elevation_ft	719
coordinates
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	39-81606
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1086939

Washington Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census counted 5,214 people in the township.

Geography

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

Rush Township - north
Clay Township - northeast
Nile Township - southwest
Union Township - northwest Across the Ohio River lies Kentucky to the south: Greenup County to the southeast, and Lewis County to the southwest.

No municipalities are located in Washington Township, although the census-designated place of West Portsmouth lies in the northern part of the township.

Shawnee State Forest covers much of Washington Township as well as neighboring Nile Township.

Name and history

Named after George Washington, it is one of forty-three Washington Townships statewide.

Washington Township was organized in 1814.

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.

Education

Citizens of the township are served by the Washington-Nile Local School District.

References

"Washington township, Scioto 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]].
(2007-07-29). "Portsmouth Area Resource Guide, 2007-2008". The Community Common.
(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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