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Claibourne Township, Union County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, United States

40°25′26″N 83°18′19″W / 40.42389°N 83.30528°W / 40.42389; -83.30528CountryUnited StatesStateOhioCountyUnionArea

• Total34.7 sq mi (89.9 km²) • Land34.7 sq mi (89.9 km²) • Water0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²)Elevation

^[1]

942 ft (287 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total3,481 • Density100/sq mi (39/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)FIPS code39-15112^[3]GNIS feature ID1087074^[1]

Claibourne Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 3,481 people in the township, 2,222 of whom lived in the village of Richwood.

Geography

Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

Jackson Township - north
Prospect Township, Marion County - northeast
Thompson Township, Delaware County - southeast
Leesburg Township - south
Taylor Township - southwest
York Township - west

The village of Richwood is located in central Claibourne Township.

Name and history

It is the only Claibourne Township statewide, and is named after the Buller Claibourne survey.^[4] The township was organized in 1834.^[5] As of 1854, the township was also known as 'Clairbourn', and the population was 919.^[6]

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 fiscal officer,^[7] 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.

References

^ ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Claibourne township, Union County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Durant, Pliny A. (1883). The History of Union County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, towns ... Chicago: Beers, W. H., & co. p. 561.
^ A.S. Mowry, C.E., Atlas of Union County, Ohio, Harris, Sutton & Hare, Philadelphia, 1877, Pg. 19.
^ Thomas Baldwin & J. Thomas, A new and complete gazetteer of the United States, Lippincott, Grambo & Co, 1854, Pg. 241
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.