Monroe Township, Knox County, Ohio
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|area_total_km2 = 63.1
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|area_total_sq_mi = 24.4
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|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 2339
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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Monroe Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,339 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Pike Township - north
- Brown Township - northeast corner
- Howard Township - east
- Harrison Township - southeast corner, east of College Township
- College Township - southeast, west of Harrison Township
- Pleasant Township - southwest, east of Clinton Township
- Clinton Township - southwest, west of Pleasant Township
- Morris Township - west
Part of the city of Mount Vernon, the county seat of Knox County, is located in southwestern Monroe Township.
Name and history
Monroe Township was established in 1825.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofknoxcou00nort_0 | title=A History of Knox County, Ohio, from 1779 to 1862 Inclusive: Comprising Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes and Incidents of Men Connected with the County from Its First Settlement | publisher=R. Nevins, printer | author=Norton, Anthony Banning | year=1862 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofknoxcou00nort_0/page/n337 316]}} It is named for James Monroe, fifth President of the United States.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_DBAtAAAAYAAJ_2 | title=History of Knox County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Containing a Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio | publisher=A. A. Graham & Company | author=Graham, Albert Adams | year=1881 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_DBAtAAAAYAAJ_2/page/n568 530]}}
It is one of twenty-two Monroe Townships statewide.{{Cite web| title = Detailed map of Ohio| work = | publisher = United States Census Bureau| year = 2000| url = http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf| format = PDF| accessdate =2007-02-16}}
By the 1830s, Monroe Township had a number of productive mills built along Schenck Creek.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dt48AAAAYAAJ | title=The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary | publisher=Scott and Wright | date=1833 | accessdate=12 December 2013 | author=Kilbourn, John | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dt48AAAAYAAJ/page/n303 319]}}
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.co.knox.oh.us County website]
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