Monroe Township, Holmes County, Ohio

Monroe Township, Holmes County, Ohio
Monroe Township, Holmes County, Ohio
Township
	West Holmes High School on Route 39
	Location of Monroe Township in Holmes County
	Coordinates: 40°33′52″N 82°1′8″W / 40.56444°N 82.01889°W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Holmes
Area
• Total	24.09 sq mi (62.39 km2)
• Land	24.06 sq mi (62.31 km2)
• Water	0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2)
Elevation	1,056 ft (322 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	1,605
• Density	67/sq mi (26/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-51422
GNIS feature ID	1086333

Monroe Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,605.

Geography

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

Ripley Township - north
Prairie Township - northeast
Hardy Township - east
Killbuck Township - southeast
Richland Township - southwest
Knox Township - west

No municipalities are located in Monroe Township.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-two Monroe Townships statewide.^[4]

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,^[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.