Somerset Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,242 people in the township.
Geography Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: Warren Township - north Goshen Township - northeast corner Wayne Township - east Malaga Township, Monroe County - south Seneca Township, Monroe County - southwest Beaver Township, Noble County - west Millwood Township, Guernsey County - northwest
No municipalities are located in Somerset Township.
Name and history It is the only Somerset 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,§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.
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External links County website