Monroe Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 427.
Geography Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Killbuck Township, Holmes County - northeast Clark Township - east Bethlehem Township - southeast corner Jefferson Township - south Newcastle Township - southwest corner Tiverton Township - west Richland Township, Holmes County - northwest
No municipalities are located in Monroe Township, but it does contain the unincorporated communities of New Princeton and Spring Mountain.
Name and history It is one of twenty-two Monroe Townships statewide.Result, GNIS. Accessed 2008-02-02.
Monroe Township was settled chiefly by emigrants from Pennsylvania and Virginia. Monroe Township was organized in 1824.
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