Marion Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,478 people in the township.
Geography Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: Beaver Township - north Scioto Township, Jackson County - east Madison Township, Scioto County - south Union Township - west
Part of the village of Beaver is located in northern Marion Township, and the census-designated place of Stockdale lies in the southern part of the township.
Name and history It is one of twelve Marion 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.
References
External links Pike County visitors bureau website