Union Township is one of the twelve townships of Miami County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 9,569 people in the township.
Geography Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: Newton Township - north Concord Township - northeast Monroe Township - east Clayton - southeast Clay Township, Montgomery County - southwest Monroe Township, Darke County - west Franklin Township, Darke County - northwest corner
Several populated places are located in Union Township: Laura, a village in the northwest Ludlow Falls, a village in the north Potsdam, a village in the west Part of Union, a city in the southeast West Milton, a village in the center
Name and history It is one of twenty-seven Union Townships 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,§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 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.
Education Milton-Union High School serves the township (which has a unified school district).
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External links County website