Pleasant Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,477 people in the township.
Pleasant Township, Seneca County, Ohio | |
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 Aerial view of the Sandusky River in Pleasant Township | |
 Location of Pleasant Township in Seneca County | |
| Coordinates: 41°13′6″N 83°8′14″W / 41.21833°N 83.13722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Seneca |
| Area | |
• Total | 36.1 sq mi (93.5 km2) |
| • Land | 35.6 sq mi (92.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.5 sq mi (1.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 702 ft (214 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,477 |
| • Density | 41.5/sq mi (16.0/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| FIPS code | 39-63394[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1086951[1] |
Geography
editLocated in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Ballville Township, Sandusky County – north
- Green Creek Township, Sandusky County – northeast corner
- Adams Township – east
- Scipio Township – southeast corner
- Clinton Township – south
- Hopewell Township – southwest corner
- Liberty Township – west
- Jackson Township, Sandusky County – northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Pleasant Township, although it contains the unincorporated communities of Fort Seneca and Old Fort in the northern part of the township.
Name and history
editPleasant Township was organized in 1831.[4]
It is one of fifteen Pleasant Townships statewide.[5]
Government
editThe 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,[6] 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.
References
edit- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Pleasant township, Seneca County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Butterfield, Consul Willshire (1848). History of Seneca County: Containing a Detailed Narrative of the Principal Events that Have Occurred Since Its First Settlement Down to the Present Time. D. Campbell. pp. 121.
- ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.