Clay Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,542 people in the township.
Geography Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Harrison Township - north Butler Township - northeast corner Jackson Township - east Fallsbury Township, Licking County - southeast corner Eden Township, Licking County - south Washington Township, Licking County - southwest Morgan Township - west Pleasant Township - northwest corner
The village of Martinsburg is located in western Clay Township, and the census-designated place of Bladensburg lies on the eastern border with Jackson Township.
Name and history Clay Township was organized in 1825. It is named for Henry Clay, a senator from Kentucky.
It is one of nine Clay 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.
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External links County website