Union Township, Lawrence County, Ohio

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 / 38.44861°N 82.43139°W / 38.44861; -82.43139Coordinates: 38°26′55″N 82°25′53″W / 38.44861°N 82.43139°W / 38.44861; -82.43139
Country United States
State Ohio
County Lawrence
Area
 • Total 32.6 sq mi (84.4 km2)
 • Land 32.3 sq mi (83.7 km2)
 • Water 0.3 sq mi (0.6 km2)
Elevation[1] 591 ft (180 m)
Population (2000)
 • Total 9,002
 • Density 278.5/sq mi (107.5/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code 39-78372[2]
GNIS feature ID 1086448[1]

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

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. 1 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on September 11, 2013. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ↑ Lawrence County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates 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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