North Bloomfield Township, Morrow County, Ohio
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|established_date = 1817
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|area_total_km2 = 76.9
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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North Bloomfield Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,853 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Sandusky Township, Richland County - north
- Troy Township, Richland County - northeast corner
- Troy Township - east
- Perry Township - southeast corner
- Congress Township - south
- Washington Township - west
- Polk Township, Crawford County - northwest
No municipalities are located in North Bloomfield Township, although the unincorporated community of Blooming Grove lies in the northeastern part of the township. Blooming Grove's post office from 1844 until 1912 was named Corsica.
Name and history
North Bloomfield Township was organized in 1817.{{cite book|title=History of Morrow County and Ohio: Containing a Brief History of the State of Ohio|url=https://archive.org/details/historymorrowco00cogoog|year=1880|publisher=O.L. Baskin & Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historymorrowco00cogoog/page/n205 217]}} Bloomfield is a descriptive name for the wildflowers once abundant within its borders.{{cite book|last1=Baughman|first1=Abraham J.|last2=Bartlett|first2=Robert Franklin|title=History of Morrow County, Ohio: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests|url=https://archive.org/details/historymorrowco00bartgoog|year=1911|publisher=Lewis Publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historymorrowco00bartgoog/page/n403 367]}} It is the only North Bloomfield Township 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}}
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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Category:Townships in Morrow County, Ohio