Thompson Township, Seneca County, Ohio

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|population_as_of = 2020

|population_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Thompson township, Seneca County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Thompson_township,_Seneca_County,_Ohio?g=060XX00US3914776632 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=20 August 2023}}

|population_total = 1370

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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Thompson Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,370 people in the township.

Geography

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

No municipalities are located in Thompson Township, although the unincorporated community of Flat Rock lies in the northeastern part of the township.

Name and history

Thompson Township was established in 1820.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historysenecaco00buttgoog | title=History of Seneca County: Containing a Detailed Narrative of the Principal Events that Have Occurred Since Its First Settlement Down to the Present Time | publisher=D. Campbell | author=Butterfield, Consul Willshire | year=1848 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historysenecaco00buttgoog/page/n137 131]}}

Statewide, other Thompson Townships are located in Delaware and Geauga counties.

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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