Rome Township (Athens County, Ohio)
Athens County
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Rome Township is one of 14 townships of Athens County in the U.S. state of Ohio. According to the census in 2000 1400 inhabitants were registered here.
Geography
Rome Township lies to the east of the Athens County in southeastern Ohio and bordered clockwise to the townships: Bern Township, Wesley Township, Washington County, Decatur Township (Washington County), Troy Township, Carthage Township, Lodi Township, Canaan Township and Ames 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.