Eden Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,042 people in the township.
Eden Township, Seneca County, Ohio | |
|---|---|
 Countryside near Melmore | |
 Location of Eden Township in Seneca County. | |
| Coordinates: 41°2′22″N 83°7′41″W / 41.03944°N 83.12806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Seneca |
| Area | |
• Total | 36.4 sq mi (94.2 km2) |
| • Land | 36.3 sq mi (94.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| Elevation | 869 ft (265 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,042 |
| • Density | 56.6/sq mi (21.7/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| FIPS code | 39-24346[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1086944[1] |
Geography
editLocated in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Clinton Township - north
- Scipio Township - northeast corner
- Bloom Township - east
- Lykens Township, Crawford County - southeast corner
- Texas Township, Crawford County - south, east of Sycamore Township
- Sycamore Township, Wyandot County - south, west of Texas Township
- Tymochtee Township, Wyandot County - southwest corner
- Seneca Township - west
- Hopewell Township - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Eden Township, although the unincorporated community of Melmore lies at the center of the township.
Name and history
editEden Township was organized in 1821.[4]
Statewide, other Eden Townships are located in Licking and Wyandot counties.
Government
editThe 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,[5] 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
edit- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Eden township, Seneca County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Lang, William (1880). History of Seneca County, from the Close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880. Transcript Printing Company. pp. 525.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.