Bloomfield Township, Logan County, Ohio
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|image_caption = Bloomfield Township consists generally of flat farmland with scattered copses of trees.
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|map_caption = Location of Bloomfield Township in Ohio
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|subdivision_name2 = Logan
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|area_total_km2 = 59.12
|area_land_sq_mi = 59.08
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.04
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 417
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
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|area_codes = 937, 326
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Bloomfield Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 417, making Bloomfield the smallest township in Logan County by population.
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Stokes Township - north
- Washington Township - east
- Pleasant Township - south
- Salem Township, Shelby County - southwest
- Jackson Township, Shelby County - west
No municipalities are located within Bloomfield Township.
Name and history
Bloomfield Township was organized in 1832.{{cite book|title=History of Logan County and Ohio: Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924028848590|year=1880|publisher=O.L. Baskin|page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924028848590/page/n229 244]}} Statewide, other Bloomfield Townships are located in Jackson and Trumbull counties.
Government
Image:Bloomfield Township Hall in Bloom Center.jpg]]
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, 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.
Transportation
State Route 274 passes through the northern part of Bloomfield Township.
References
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External links
- [http://www.co.logan.oh.us County website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070315145459/http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/geosurvey/pdf/cotwpmap.pdf County and township map of Ohio]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150202061313/http://www.co.logan.oh.us/html/county_map_-_large.html Detailed Logan County map]
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Category:Townships in Logan County, Ohio
Category:Populated places established in 1832