Clinton Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 9,630 people in the township.
Geography Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Dover Township - north Pike Township - northeast corner York Township - east Liberty Township, Henry County - southeast corner Freedom Township, Henry County - south Ridgeville Township, Henry County - southwest corner German Township - west Franklin Township - northwest corner
The city of Wauseon, the county seat of Fulton County, is located in eastern Clinton Township, and the census-designated place of Pettisville lies in the township's west.
Name and history
It is one of seven Clinton 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 fiscal officer,§503.24, §505.01, and §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.
Attractions
A 2-mile paved section of the Wabash Cannonball Trail is in the city of Wauseon.
Public services Public Schools
Students from the township are served by the following public local school districts:School District Boundary Maps GreatSchools.org. Retrieved 29 March 2016
Pettisville Local School District Wauseon Exempted Village School District
Mail is delivered in the township by the following U.S. Post Office locations:Zip Map: Fulton County ZipMap.net
Napoleon, Ohio 43545 Pettisville, Ohio 43553 Wauseon, Ohio 43567
Telephone
Most of the township is within the Wauseon telephone exchange, which is served by UTO (United Telephone Company of Ohio,) doing business as CenturyLink, with telephone numbers using the following Numbering Plan Codes:PUCO: Ohio Telephone Exchange Areas puco.gov
419–330 419–335 419–337 419–388 419–404 419–583 419–590
Pettisville and an area south of that are served by the Archbold telephone exchange, which is delivered by UTO (United Telephone Company of Ohio,) doing business as CenturyLink, with telephone numbers using the following Numbering Plan Codes:
419–220 419–403 419–445 419–446 419–572 567–444
A small section of the area where County Road AC and County Road 16 intersect is in the Gerald telephone exchange, delivered by UTO (United Telephone Company of Ohio,) doing business as CenturyLink, with the following codes:
419–431 419–598 567–340
A short section of County Road AC is served by the Ridgeville Corners telephone exchange:Ridgeville Telephone Company
419–267 419–374
Electric
Toledo Edison serves the township with electricity.PUCO: Electric Service Areas of Ohio puco.gov
Highways
Fire and Emergency Medical
Dover Township contracts with the Wauseon Fire Department and Fulton County's Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Department located in Wauseon, Ohio.
References
External links County website