Union Township, Lawrence County, Ohio

Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census recorded 9,002 people in the township, 7,540 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]

Union Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
Township
Country store on State Route 775 at Five Mile Creek
Location of Union Township in Lawrence County
Coordinates: 38°26′55″N 82°25′53″W
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountyLawrence
Area
 • Total32.6 sq mi (84.4 km2)
 • Land32.3 sq mi (83.7 km2)
 • Water0.3 sq mi (0.6 km2)
Elevation591 ft (180 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total9,002
 • Density278.5/sq mi (107.5/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code39-78372[2]
GNIS feature ID1086448[1]

Geography

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

Cabell County, West Virginia lies across the Ohio River to the south.

It is located upstream of most of the rest of Lawrence County's Ohio River townships.

Two villages are located along the shoreline of Union Township: Proctorville far upstream, and Chesapeake in the center.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-seven Union Townships statewide.[4]

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,[5] 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
  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. Lawrence County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Archived 2016-10-06 at the Wayback Machine Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
  4. "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
  5. §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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