Clinton Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. It is also the most populated township in the county. The 2020 census found 4,105 people in the township.
Clinton Township, Seneca County, Ohio | |
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 Barn on County Road 17 | |
 Location of Clinton Township (red) in Seneca County, adjacent to the city of Tiffin (yellow). | |
| Coordinates: 41°7′23″N 83°8′16″W / 41.12306°N 83.13778°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Seneca |
| Area | |
• Total | 31.1 sq mi (80.5 km2) |
| • Land | 31.0 sq mi (80.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 768 ft (234 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 4,105 |
| • Density | 132.4/sq mi (51.2/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| FIPS code | 39-16154[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1086943[1] |
Geography
editLocated in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Pleasant Township - north
- Adams Township - northeast corner
- Scipio Township - east
- Bloom Township - southeast corner
- Eden Township - south
- Seneca Township - southwest corner
- Hopewell Township - west
- Liberty Township - northwest corner
Name and history
editClinton Township was organized in 1820. It was named for DeWitt Clinton, 6th Governor of New York.[4]
It is one of seven Clinton Townships statewide.[5]
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,[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
edit- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Clinton township, Seneca County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Butterfield, Consul Willshire (1848). History of Seneca County: Containing a Detailed Narrative of the Principal Events that Have Occurred Since Its First Settlement Down to the Present Time. D. Campbell. pp. 82.
- ^ "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.