Byrd Township, Brown County, Ohio

Byrd Township, Brown County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Byrd Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Brown County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Brown

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unit_pref = Imperial
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area_total_km2 = 65.8
area_land_km2 = 65.8
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 25.4
area_land_sq_mi = 25.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 740
population_density_km2 = 11.2
population_density_sq_mi = 29.1

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 281
elevation_ft = 922
latd = 38 |latm = 48 |lats = 34 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 43 |longs = 48 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 45115
area_code = 937
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blank_info = 39-10758GR|2
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Byrd Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 740 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39015 Brown County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Jackson Township - north
*Wayne Township, Adams County - northeast
*Liberty Township, Adams County - east
*Hunnorthtington Township - south
*Union Township - southwest
*Jefferson Township - west

No municipalities are located in Byrd Township, although the unincorporated community of Decatur lies in the township's east.

Name and history

It is the only Byrd 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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

* [http://www.county.brown.oh.us County website]


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