Canaan Township (Athens County, Ohio)

Athens County

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Canaan Township is one of 14 townships of Athens County in the U.S. state of Ohio. According to the census in 2000 1780 inhabitants were registered here.

Geography

Canaan Township is located in the geographical center of Athens County in southeastern Ohio and bordered clockwise to the townships: Ames Township, Bern Township, Rome Township, Carthage Township, Lodi Township, Alexander Township, Athens Township and Dover Township.

Management

The township is administered by a Board of Trustees consisting of three elected members. Two persons are elected in the year after the presidential election and one each in the previous year. The term of office lasts four years, beginning on 1 January. There is also a Township Clerk (Secretary), who is also elected in the year before the presidential election to a four -year term. Whose term of office begins on April 1.

County (United States) Athens County, Ohio Federal Information Processing Standards Township (United States) Ames Township, Athens County, Ohio Bern Township, Athens County, Ohio Rome Township (Athens County, Ohio) Carthage Township, Athens County, Ohio Lodi Township, Athens County, Ohio Alexander Township, Athens County, Ohio Athens Township (Athens County, Ohio) Dover Township (Athens County, Ohio) Lee Township (Athens County, Ohio) Trimble Township, Athens County, Ohio Troy Township (Athens County, Ohio) Waterloo Township, Athens County, Ohio York Township (Athens County, Ohio)

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