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Cedarville Township, Ohio
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Cedarville Township, Greene County, Ohio | |
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 Home of Whitelaw Reid, northwest of Cedarville | |
 Location of Cedarville Township in Greene County | |
| Coordinates: 39°44′20″N 83°48′23″W / 39.73889°N 83.80639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Greene |
| Area | |
• Total | 39.3 sq mi (101.7 km2) |
| • Land | 39.2 sq mi (101.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.4 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,047 ft (319 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 5,899 |
| • Density | 150/sq mi (58/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 45314 |
| Area code(s) | 937, 326 |
| FIPS code | 39-12798[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1086166[1] |
Cedarville Township is one of the twelve townships of Greene County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the township population was 5,899.
Geography
[edit]Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Green Township, Clark County - north
- Madison Township, Clark County - northeast
- Ross Township - east
- New Jasper Township - south
- Xenia Township - southwest
- Miami Township - northwest
The village of Cedarville is located in central Cedarville Township.
Name and history
[edit]Cedarville Township was established in 1850 from land given by Xenia, Miami, and Ross townships.[4][5][6]
It is the only Cedarville Township statewide.
Government
[edit]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,[7] 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.
The township trustees meet in the Cedarville Opera House in Cedarville, which serves as the township hall.[8]
Notable People
[edit]- Mike DeWine, Governor of Ohio (2018-present)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Cedarville township, Greene County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Broadstone, Michael A. (1918). History of Greene County, Ohio: Its People, Industries and Institutions, Volume 1. B.F. Bowen. p. 324.
- ^ Dills, R. S. (1881). History of Greene County: Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest, and the State of Ohio. Odell & Mayer. pp. 536.
- ^ Greene County, 1803-1908. Aldine Publishing House. 1908. pp. 97.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
- ^ Cedarville Township Trustee Meeting Archived 2011-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, Cedarville Chamber of Commerce, n.d. Accessed 2011-08-18.
External links
[edit]- County website Archived September 29, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
Municipalities and communities of Greene County, Ohio, United States | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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