York Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,341 people in the township.
Geography Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Washington Township - north Jackson Township - northeast Claibourne Township - east Taylor Township - southeast Liberty Township - south Perry Township, Logan County - southwest Bokes Creek Township, Logan County - northwest
No municipalities are located in York Township, although it has the unincorporated communities of Somersville and York Center.
Name and history It is one of ten York Townships statewide. The township was organized in 1834.A.S. Mowry, C.E., Atlas of Union County, Ohio, Harris, Sutton & Hare, Philadelphia, 1877, Pg. 20.
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