Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio

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Washington Township, Ohio
Coordinates: 39¡Æ38¡Ç3¡ÈN 84¡Æ9¡Ç48¡ÈW / 39.63417, -84.16333
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Montgomery
Area
- Total	31.2 sq mi (80.8 km©÷)
- Land	31.2 sq mi (80.8 km©÷)
- Water	0.0 sq mi (0.1 km©÷)
Elevation	958 ft (292 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	52,991
- Density	1,698.8/sq mi (655.9/km©÷)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-81494
GNIS feature ID	1086681

Location within Montgomery County, Ohio

Washington Township is one of the nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 52,991 people in the township, 29,967 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

 Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and city:

• Kettering - north
• Sugarcreek Township, Greene County - east
• Wayne Township, Warren County - southeast
• Clearcreek Township, Warren County - south
• Miami Township - west

Because most of eastern Montgomery County is urbanized, Washington Township is the only civil township in the county to border Greene County.

Several populated places are located in Washington Township:

• Part of the city of Kettering, in the north
• Part of the city of Centerville, in the center
• The census-designated place of Woodbourne-Hyde Park, in the northwest

 Name and history

It is one of forty-three Washington 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 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.

The township's library system and the neighboring Centerville school system (which serves students of Washington Township) are ranked highly on state and national scales.

 
 External links

• Township website
• County website

Municipalities and communities of Montgomery County, Ohio
County seat: Dayton
Cities	Brookville | Carlisle | Centerville | Clayton | Dayton | Englewood | Huber Heights | Kettering | Miamisburg | Moraine | Oakwood | Riverside | Springboro | Trotwood | Union | Vandalia | West Carrollton
Villages	Farmersville | Germantown | New Lebanon | Phillipsburg | Verona
Townships	Butler | Clay | German | Harrison | Jackson | Jefferson | Miami | Perry | Washington
Census-designated places	Drexel | Fort McKinley | Northridge | Shiloh | Woodbourne-Hyde Park
Other locality	Pyrmont