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Byrd Township, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Township in Ohio, US

FieldValue
official_nameByrd Township, Brown County, Ohio
settlement_typeTownship
image_skylineDecaturOH2.JPG
imagesize250px
image_captionState Route 125 in Decatur
image_mapMap of Brown County Ohio Highlighting Byrd Township.png
mapsize250px
map_captionLocation of Byrd Township in Brown County
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameUnited States
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Ohio
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Brown
unit_prefImperial
area_total_km265.56
area_land_km265.54
area_water_km20.01
population_as_of2020
population_total733
population_density_km2auto
population_density_sq_miauto
timezoneEastern (EST)
utc_offset-5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST-4
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m281
elevation_ft922
coordinates
postal_code_typeZIP code
postal_code45115
area_codes937, 326
blank_nameFIPS code
blank_info39-10758
blank1_nameGNIS feature ID
blank1_info1085792

Byrd Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 733 people in the township.

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
  • Huntington 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.

Byrd Township was named for Charles Willing Byrd, the Secretary of Northwest Territory.

Byrd Township had eighteen mills in 1833.

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, 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

References

  1. (2007-10-25). "US Board on Geographic Names". [[United States Geological Survey]].
  2. "U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
  3. "Byrd township, Brown County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau.
  4. (1883). "The History of Brown County, Ohio". Higginson Book Company.
  5. Kilbourn, John. (1833). "The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary". Scott and Wright.
  6. [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24], [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/505.01 §505.01], and [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/507.01 §507.01] of the [[Ohio Revised Code]]. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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