Plymouth Township, Richland County, Ohio

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|official_name = Plymouth Township, Richland County, Ohio

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|image_skyline = Dinninger west of Kuhn, Plymouth Township.jpg

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|image_caption = Agricultural scene on Dinninger Road

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|map_caption = Location of Plymouth Township in Richland County.

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|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Richland

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|area_total_km2 = 67.1

|area_land_km2 = 66.6

|area_water_km2 = 0.4

|area_total_sq_mi = 25.9

|area_land_sq_mi = 25.7

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.2

|population_as_of = 2020

|population_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Plymouth township, Richland County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Plymouth_township,_Richland_County,_Ohio?g=060XX00US3913963814 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=12 August 2023}}

|population_total = 1981

|population_density_km2 = 29.7

|population_density_sq_mi = 77.1

|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|timezone_DST = EDT

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|elevation_m = 308

|elevation_ft = 1010

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Plymouth Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2020 census found 1,981 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

Parts of two municipalities are located in Plymouth Township: the village of Plymouth in the north, and the city of Shelby in the southeast.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Plymouth Township is located in Ashtabula 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.

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