Washington Township, Lucas County, Ohio
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Washington Township, Lucas County, Ohio
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|image_skyline = Randon from Jasik in Washington Township.jpg
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|image_caption = Houses in the township's eastern section
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|map_caption = Map of Washington Township
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
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|subdivision_name1 = Ohio
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Lucas
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|area_total_km2 = 17.2
|area_land_km2 = 2.4
|area_water_km2 = 14.8
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|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 3055
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
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|elevation_m = 178
|elevation_ft = 584
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|blank_info = 39-81438{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}
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|website = {{URL|www.washington-twp.com}}
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Washington Township is one of the eleven townships of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 3,055 people in the township.
Communities<ref>Homepage: " the Ottawa River, east of I-75. The Alexis Place area includes the Raintree Mobile Home Village." http://www.washington-twp.com/index.html</ref>
- Alexis Addition is an unincorporated community located at {{coord|41|43|11|N|83|31|37|W|}} and is completely surrounded by Toledo, Ohio. The Raintree Mobile Home Village is located in Alexis Addition. The Township hall is located in Alexis Addition.
- Shoreland is an unincorporated community located at {{coord|41|43|23|N|83|29|30|W|}} in the eastern portion of the township.
Geography
Most of what was once Washington Township is now incorporated, leaving only two small pieces. Those pieces have the following borders:
- Western piece: completely surrounded by Toledo
- Eastern piece: surrounded by Toledo, except for a border on Erie Township, Monroe County, Michigan in the north
A small part of Maumee Bay is also included in Washington Township.
No municipalities are located in Washington Township.
Name and history
It is one of forty-three Washington 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}}
Washington Township was organized in 1840.{{cite book|last=Waggoner|first=Clark|title=History of the City of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio|url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofcityoft00wagg#page/904/mode/2up|year=1888|publisher=Munsell & Company|page=904}}
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.washington-twp.com Township website]
- [http://www.co.lucas.oh.us County website]
{{Geographic location
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| North = {{flagicon|MI}} Erie Township
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