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Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio




Washington Township is one of the nine , 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.


GEOGRAPHY


Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and city:

Because most of eastern Montgomery County is urbanized, Washington Township is the only civil township in the county to border Greene County.

Several populated places are located in Washington Township:


NAME AND HISTORY

It is one of forty-three Washington 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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

The township's Library system and the neighboring Centerville School System (which serves students of Washington Township) are ranked highly on state and national scales.12


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