Congress Township, Morrow County, Ohio
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|image_skyline = Congress Township soybean fields.jpg
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|image_caption = Countryside southwest of West Point
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|map_caption = Location of Congress Township in Morrow County
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|subdivision_name2 = Morrow
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|area_total_km2 = 82.0
|area_land_km2 = 81.2
|area_water_km2 = 0.8
|area_total_sq_mi = 31.7
|area_land_sq_mi = 31.3
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.3
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 2939
|population_density_km2 = auto
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
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|elevation_m = 423
|elevation_ft = 1388
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Congress Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,939 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- North Bloomfield Township - north
- Troy Township - northeast corner
- Perry Township - east
- Franklin Township - south
- Gilead Township - southwest
- Washington Township - northwest
No municipalities are located in Congress Township.
Name and history
Statewide, the only other Congress Township is located in Wayne County.
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,[http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24], [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/505.01 §505.01], and [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/507.01 §507.01] of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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
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External links
- [http://www.morrowcounty.info County website]
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