Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
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|subdivision_name2 = Ashland
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|area_total_km2 = 98.4
|area_land_km2 = 97.9
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|population_total = 2569
|population_density_km2 = 25.8
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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Orange Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,569 at the 2020 census.{{cite web |title=Orange township, Ashland County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Orange_township;_Ashland_County;_Ohio?g=060XX00US3900558562 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=10 May 2023}}
Geography
Located in the north central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Troy Township - north
- Sullivan Township - northeast
- Jackson Township - east
- Montgomery Township - south
- Milton Township - southwest corner
- Clear Creek Township - west
- Ruggles Township - northwest
No municipalities are located in Orange Township, although the unincorporated community of Nankin is located in the township's south.
Orange Township is the location for the Mapleton Local School District buildings, which are at the southeast corner of county roads 801 and 620, about 3 miles north of Nankin.{{cite web |url=http://www.mapleton.k12.oh.us/ |title=Home |website=mapleton.k12.oh.us}}
Name and history
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.
Orange Township is part of the Mapleton Local School District.
References
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External links
- [http://www.ashlandcounty.org County website]
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