Mason Township, Lawrence County, Ohio

Mason Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,095 people in the township. Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

Geography

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

• Walnut Township, Gallia County - north
• Harrison Township, Gallia County - northeast corner
• Guyan Township, Gallia County - east
• Rome Township - southeast corner
• Windsor Township - south
• Lawrence Township - southwest corner
• Aid Township - west
• Symmes Township - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Mason Township.

Name and history

It is the only Mason 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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