Wilson Township, Clinton County, Ohio

Clinton County

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Wilson Township is one of 13 townships of Clinton County in the U.S. state of Ohio. According to the census in 2000 581 inhabitants were registered here.

Geography

Wilson Township is located in the northeast of Clinton County in the mid- southwestern Ohio and bordered clockwise to the townships: Jasper Township, Fayette County, Richland Township, Union Township, Liberty Township and Jefferson Township, Greene County.

History

The Township was formed in 1850 from parts of Union, Richland and Liberty townships. It was named one of the early settlers who came to this area in 1796 to Amos Wilson.

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 ( responsible for finance and budget), which is also elected in the year before the presidential election to a four -year term. Whose term of office begins on April 1.