Dover Township (Athens County, Ohio)

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Dover Township
Dover Township (Ohio)
Dover Township
Dover Township
Location in Ohio
Basic data
State : United States
State : Ohio
County : Athens County
Coordinates : 39 ° 25 ′  N , 82 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 25 ′  N , 82 ° 7 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 3,797 (as of: 2000)
Population density : 40.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 94.5 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 ) of
which 94.4 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 202 m
Area code : +1 740
FIPS : 39-22414
GNIS ID : 1085754
Map of Athens County Ohio With Municipal and Township Labels.PNG
Townships of Athens County

Dover Township is one of 14 townships of Athens County in the US state of Ohio . According to the census in 2000, 3797 inhabitants were registered here.

geography

Dover Township is located in the mid-northwest of Athens County in southeast Ohio and is bordered clockwise by the townships: Trimble Township , Homer Township in Morgan County , Ames Township , Canaan Township , Athens Township , Waterloo Township , York Township and Ward Township in Hocking County .

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

  1. Population figures at Factfinder.census.gov ( Memento from February 12, 2020 in the web archive archive.today )