Oxford Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 754.
Oxford Township, Guernsey County, Ohio | |
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 Salt Fork Baptist Church in the northwest corner of the township | |
 Location of Oxford Township in Guernsey County | |
| Coordinates: 40°3′32″N 81°16′39″W / 40.05889°N 81.27750°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Guernsey |
| Area | |
• Total | 30.2 sq mi (78.1 km2) |
| • Land | 30.2 sq mi (78.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,050 ft (320 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 754 |
| • Density | 25/sq mi (9.7/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| FIPS code | 39-59290[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1086188[1] |
Geography
editLocated in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Londonderry Township - north
- Kirkwood Township, Belmont County - northeast
- Warren Township, Belmont County - southeast
- Millwood Township - south
- Wills Township - west
- Madison Township - northwest
The village of Fairview is located in eastern Oxford Township.
Name and history
editOxford Township was organized in 1810.[4] It is one of six Oxford 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.
- ^ "Oxford 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.
- ^ Sarchet, Cyrus Parkinson Beatty (1911). History of Guernsey County, Ohio, Volume 1. B.F. Bowen & Company. p. 298.
- ^ "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.