Bennington Township is one of the 25 townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,682.
Geography Located on the northern edge of the county, it borders the following townships: Milford Township, Knox County - north Miller Township, Knox County - northeast corner Burlington Township - east McKean Township - southeast corner Liberty Township - south Monroe Township - southwest corner Hartford Township - west Hilliar Township, Knox County - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Bennington Township.
Name and history Statewide, the only other Bennington Township is located in Morrow 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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