Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio
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|image_caption = Southern Washington Township, with Centerville in the distance
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|map_caption = Location in Montgomery County and the state of Ohio.
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|subdivision_name = United States
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|subdivision_name1 = Ohio
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Montgomery
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|area_total_km2 = 80.8
|area_land_km2 = 80.8
|area_water_km2 = 0.1
|area_total_sq_mi = 31.2
|area_land_sq_mi = 31.2
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.0
|population_as_of = 2020
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|population_total = 61682
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
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|blank_info = 39-81494{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}
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A suburb of Dayton, Washington Township is the largest of nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The population was 61,882 at the 2020 census.{{cite web |title=Washington township, Montgomery County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Washington_township,_Montgomery_County,_Ohio?g=060XX00US3911381494 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=27 April 2023}}
The township, through the independent Centerville-Washington Park District, contains eight community parks, nine nature parks, and 33 neighborhood parks encompassing 1,000 acres in Centerville and Washington Township.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cwpd.org/about/|title=Centerville Washington Park District|access-date=September 15, 2019}}
Geography
Located in the southeastern corner of the county, Washington Township borders the following townships and cities:
- Kettering - north
- Sugarcreek Township, Greene County - east
- Bellbrook - east
- Wayne Township, Warren County - southeast
- Clearcreek Township, Warren County - south
- Miami Township - west
- Springboro - southwest
Because most of eastern Montgomery County is urbanized, Washington Township is the only civil township in the county to border Greene County.
Several populated places are located in Washington Township, including:
- Part of the city of Kettering, in the north
- Part of the city of Centerville, in the center
Name and history
It is one of forty-three Washington Townships statewide.{{Cite web| title = Detailed map of Ohio| 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| access-date =2007-02-16}}
In 1833, Washington Township contained four gristmills, seven saw mills, and one cotton factory.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dt48AAAAYAAJ | title=The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary | publisher=Scott and Wright | date=1833 | access-date=12 December 2013 | author=Kilbourn, John | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dt48AAAAYAAJ/page/n514 478]}}
Government
File:Centerville High School Main Entrance May 2014.JPG
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.
Both the township's library system and the Centerville City School District (shared with residents of the city of Centerville) are ranked highly on state and national scales.{{cite web | title=History of the Washington-Centerville Public Library | url=https://wclibrary.info/history/}}{{cite web | title=Oakwood, Centerville nationally ranked | url=http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2006/05/02/oakwood_centerv_1.html | access-date=2006-08-11 }}
Police services are provided in the township through a contract with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Montgomery County Sheriff |url=https://www.mcohiosheriff.org/support_services/divisions_and_townships/washington_township.php |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=www.mcohiosheriff.org |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.centervilleohio.gov/cwthistory/ The Centerville-Washington Township Historical Society], Retrieved July 15, 2016
- [http://www.washingtontwp.org Township website]
- [http://www.mcohio.org County website]
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