Center Township, Guernsey County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, United States

40°0′54″N 81°29′38″W / 40.01500°N 81.49389°W / 40.01500; -81.49389CountryUnited StatesStateOhioCountyGuernseyArea

• Total24.4 sq mi (63.1 km²) • Land24.2 sq mi (62.7 km²) • Water0.2 sq mi (0.5 km²)Elevation

^[1]

961 ft (293 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total1,744 • Density72/sq mi (28/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)FIPS code39-12938^[3]GNIS feature ID1086179^[1]

Center Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,744.

Geography

Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships:

A portion of the village of Lore City is located in the southwest corner of Center Township, and the unincorporated community of Kipling lies in the southwestern part of the township. Leatherwood Creek, a tributary of Wills Creek and part of the Muskingum River watershed, flows through the southern part of the township.^[4]

Name and history

Center Township was organized in 1822, and named for its location near the geographical center of Guernsey County.^[5] It is one of nine Center Townships statewide.^[6]

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,^[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.

References

^ ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Center township, Guernsey County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1991. pp. 61, 71. ISBN 0-89933-233-1.
^ Sarchet, Cyrus Parkinson Beatty (1911). History of Guernsey County, Ohio, Volume 1. B.F. Bowen & Company. p. 285.
^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.