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Butler Township, Knox County, Ohio

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Municipalities and townships of Knox County.

Butler Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 798 people in the township.[1]

Geography

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

No municipalities are located in Butler Township.

Name and history

It is one of six Butler Townships statewide.

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

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


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