Hanover Township, Ashland County, Ohio

Coordinates: 40°36′52″N 82°15′14″W / 40.61444, -82.25389
Hanover Township, Ohio
Location of Hanover Township in Ashland County.
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Ashland
Area
- Township	sq mi (km²)
- Land	sq mi ( km²)
- Water	sq mi ( km²)
Elevation ³	ft ( m)
Population (2000)
- Township
- Density	/sq mi (/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-33236²
GNIS feature ID	1085705³

Hanover Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,520 people in the township, 1,081 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[1]

Geography

Located in the far southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

Green Township - north
Washington Township, Holmes County - northeast
Knox Township, Holmes County - east
Jefferson Township, Knox County - southeast
Brown Township, Knox County - southwest
Worthington Township, Richland County - west
Monroe Township, Richland County - northwest corner

Part of the village of Loudonville is located in northeastern Hanover Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Hanover Townships are located in Butler, Columbiana, and Licking 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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

^ Ashland County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links

County website

Municipalities and communities of Ashland County, Ohio
County seat: Ashland
City	Ashland
Villages	Bailey Lakes \| Hayesville \| Jeromesville \| Loudonville \| Mifflin \| Perrysville \| Polk \| Savannah
Townships	Clear Creek \| Green \| Hanover \| Jackson \| Lake \| Mifflin \| Milton \| Mohican \| Montgomery \| Orange \| Perry \| Ruggles \| Sullivan \| Troy \| Vermillion
Other localities	Nankin \| Nova \| Sullivan

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