Monroe Township, Guernsey County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, United States

Monroe Township, Guernsey County, Ohio

Township

Woodland scene on County Road 851

Location of Monroe Township in Guernsey County

Coordinates: 40°11′3″N 81°28′57″W﻿ / ﻿40.18417°N 81.48250°W﻿ / 40.18417; -81.48250
Country| United States
State| Ohio
County| Guernsey
Area

• Total| 25.1 sq mi (65.1 km2)
• Land| 25.0 sq mi (64.7 km2)
• Water| 0.2 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation

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| 1,017 ft (310 m)
Population

(2020)[2]

• Total| 730
• Density| 29/sq mi (11/km2)
Time zone| UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code| 39-51380[3]
GNIS feature ID| 1086187[1]

Monroe Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 730.

## Geography

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

* Washington Township, Tuscarawas County \- north
* Perry Township, Tuscarawas County \- northeast
* Washington Township \- east
* Madison Township \- southeast corner
* Jefferson Township \- south
* Liberty Township \- southwest
* Wheeling Township \- west
* Oxford Township, Tuscarawas County \- northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Monroe Township, although the unincorporated community of Birmingham lies in the township's southeast.

## Name and history

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Monroe Township was established in 1818.[4] It is one of twenty-two Monroe Townships statewide.[5]

## Government

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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,[6] 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

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1. ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. ^ "Monroe township, Guernsey County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. ^ Sarchet, Cyrus Parkinson Beatty (1911). History of Guernsey County, Ohio, Volume 1. B.F. Bowen & Company. p. 320.
5. ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
6. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

## External links

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* County website

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Municipalities and communities of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Cambridge

City|

* Cambridge

Map of Ohio highlighting Guernsey County

Villages|

* Byesville
* Cumberland
* Fairview‡
* Lore City
* Old Washington
* Pleasant City
* Quaker City
* Senecaville

Townships|

* Adams
* Cambridge
* Center
* Jackson
* Jefferson
* Knox
* Liberty
* Londonderry
* Madison
* Millwood
* Monroe
* Oxford
* Richland
* Spencer
* Valley
* Washington
* Westland
* Wheeling
* Wills

CDPs|

* Buffalo
* Kimbolton
* Salesville

Unincorporated
communities|

* Antrim
* Birds Run
* Birmingham
* Boden
* Claysville
* Craig
* Derwent
* Elizabethtown
* Guernsey
* Kings Mine
* Kipling
* Londonderry
* Middlebourne
* North Salem
* Opperman
* Robins
* Spencer Station
* Walhonding

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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