Carthage Township (Ohio)
| Carthage Township | |||
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Location in Ohio
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| County : | Athens County | ||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 14 ′ N , 81 ° 54 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,467 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 14.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 100.5 km 2 (approx. 39 mi 2 ) of which 100.5 km 2 (approx. 39 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 262 m | ||
| Area code : | +1 740 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-12336 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1085753 | ||
 Townships of Athens County |
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Carthage Township is one of 14 townships of Athens County in the US state of Ohio . According to the census in 2000 , 1467 inhabitants were registered here.
geography
Carthage Township is located in the southeast of Athens County in southeast Ohio, is in the southwest about 10 km from the Ohio River and is bordered clockwise by the townships: Rome Township , Troy Township , Olive Township in Meigs County , Orange Township (Meigs County), Bedford Township (Meigs County), Lodi Township, and Canaan Township .
administration
The township is administered by a Board of Trustees consisting of three elected members. Two people are elected in the year after the presidential election and one in the year before. The term of office usually lasts four years and begins on January 1st. There is also a township clerk (secretary), who is also elected for a four-year term in the year before the presidential election. His term of office begins on April 1st.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population figures at Factfinder.census.gov ( Memento from February 12, 2020 in the web archive archive.today )
