York Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 753 people in the township. Main roads that go through the township are Ohio State Route 669, and Ohio State Route 555.
Geography Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: Clay Township, Muskingum County - north, west of Brush Creek Township Brush Creek Township, Muskingum County - north, east of Clay Township Harrison Township, Muskingum County - northeast Bloom Township - east Deerfield Township - south Bearfield Township, Perry County - southwest Harrison Township, Perry County - west
It is the most westerly township in Morgan County.
The census-designated place of Rose Farm lies in the township's southwest. Deavertown is located in the west of the township.
Name and history It is one of ten York 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.
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External links County website Township officials