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Township in Ohio, United States
Springfield Township
is one of the twenty-five
townships
of
Muskingum County
,
Ohio
, United States. The
2020 census
found 5,452 people in the township.
Geography
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Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
Two municipalities are located in Springfield Township: the village of
South Zanesville
in the southwest, and part of the city of
Zanesville
, the
county seat
of Muskingum County, in the northeast.
Name and history
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It is one of eleven
Springfield Townships statewide
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Government
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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,
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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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