Falls Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 11,886.
Geography Falls Township consists of two disconnected portions in the center and northeast of the county, separated by a short distance. While many Ohio townships are composed of disjointed pieces due to municipal annexations, separation only by other townships is very uncommon.
Its northeastern portion (known as The Gore, or simply Gore) borders the following townships: Monday Creek Township, Perry County - north Coal Township, Perry County - east Ward Township - southeast Green Township - south Marion Township - west
Its southwestern portion borders the following townships: Marion Township - north Green Township - east Starr Township - southeast Washington Township - south Laurel Township - west Good Hope Township - northwest
The majority of the city of Logan, the county seat of Hocking County, is located in the southwestern portion of Falls Township.
Name and history Falls Township takes its name from a waterfall on the Hocking River, where a mill had been built in 1814, prior to the township's formation.
Statewide, the only other Falls Township is located in Muskingum County.
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