Marseilles Township, Wyandot County, Ohio

Marseilles Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 446 people in the township, 322 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

Geography

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

• Mifflin Township - north
• Pitt Township - northeast
• Salt Rock Township, Marion County - southeast
• Grand Prairie Township, Marion County - south
• Goshen Township, Hardin County - southwest
• Jackson Township - northwest

The village of Marseilles is located in southern Marseilles Township.

Name and history

It is the only Marseilles Township 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 fiscal officer,, , and of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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.

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