Claibourne Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 3,481 people in the township, 2,222 of whom lived in the village of Richwood.
Geography Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Jackson Township - north Prospect Township, Marion County - northeast Thompson Township, Delaware County - southeast Leesburg Township - south Taylor Township - southwest York Township - west
The village of Richwood is located in central Claibourne Township.
Name and history It is the only Claibourne Township statewide, and is named after the Buller Claibourne survey. The township was organized in 1834.A.S. Mowry, C.E., Atlas of Union County, Ohio, Harris, Sutton & Hare, Philadelphia, 1877, Pg. 19. As of 1854, the township was also known as 'Clairbourn', and the population was 919.Thomas Baldwin & J. Thomas, A new and complete gazetteer of the United States, Lippincott, Grambo & Co, 1854, Pg. 241
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