Butler Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2020 census found 1,167 people in the township.
Butler Township, Richland County, Ohio | |
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 Township hall at Adario | |
 Location of Butler Township in Richland County. | |
| Coordinates: 40°57′2″N 82°27′6″W / 40.95056°N 82.45167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Richland |
| Organized | 5 February 1849 |
| Area | |
• Total | 25.5 sq mi (66.1 km2) |
| • Land | 25.5 sq mi (66.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,148 ft (350 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,167 |
| • Density | 46/sq mi (18/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 419 |
| FIPS code | 39-10646[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1086873[1] |
Geography
editLocated in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Ruggles Township, Ashland County - northeast
- Clear Creek Township, Ashland County - east
- Milton Township, Ashland County - southeast corner
- Weller Township - south
- Franklin Township - southwest corner
- Blooming Grove Township - west
- Greenwich Township, Huron County - northwest
No municipalities are located in Butler Township.
Name and history
editIt is one of six Butler Townships statewide.[4] Upon the formation of Ashland County in 1846, the western two columns of sections of old Clear Creek Township which remained in Richland County were attached to make Blooming Grove Township six miles long by eight miles wide.[5] Butler Township was created on 5 February 1849 by combining the Clear Creek addition and two columns of sections from the east part of Blooming Grove, assuming its present size of six miles long by four miles wide.[6]
Government
editThe 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
edit- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Butler township, Richland County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
- ^ History of Clear Creek Township. HISTORY OF RICHLAND COUNTY, OHIO by Norman Newton Hill. Published by A.A. Graham & Co., 1880. pp. 651-653. Accessed 10 Mar 2023.
- ^ Blooming Grove Township. HISTORY OF RICHLAND COUNTY. Chapter XLI. Page 393. Accessed 10 March 2023.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.