Clinton Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,847 people in the township, 727 of whom lived in the village of Hamden.
Geography Located in the southern part of the township, it borders the following townships: Elk Township: north Madison Township: northeast corner Vinton Township: east Milton Township, Jackson County: south Washington Township, Jackson County: southwest Richland Township: northwest
Hamden, the second-largest village in Vinton County, is located in southwestern Clinton Township.
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.
References
External links Vinton County Chamber of Commerce