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Lewis Township, Brown County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Field	Value
official_name	Lewis Township, Brown County, Ohio
settlement_type	Township
image_skyline	FeesburgOH2.JPG
imagesize	250px
image_caption	State Route 505 in Feesburg
image_map	Map of Brown County Ohio Highlighting Lewis Township.png
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Lewis Township in Brown County
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Ohio
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Brown
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	111.9
area_land_km2	110.3
area_water_km2	1.6
population_as_of	2020
population_total	2393
population_density_km2	auto
population_density_sq_mi	auto
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	262
elevation_ft	860
coordinates
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	39-42910
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1085800

Lewis Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,393 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:

Clark Township - north
Pleasant Township - east
Franklin Township, Clermont County - west
Tate Township, Clermont County - northwest Bracken County, Kentucky lies across the Ohio River to the south.

The village of Higginsport is located in southeastern Lewis Township, along the Ohio River, and the unincorporated community of Feesburg lies in the township's north.

Name and history

It is the only Lewis Township statewide.

Lewis Township was organized in 1807. Lewis is probably the name of a pioneer settler.

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

(2007-10-25). "US Board on Geographic Names". [[United States Geological Survey]].
"U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
"Lewis township, Brown County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau.
(2000). "Detailed map of Ohio". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(1883). "The History of Brown County, Ohio". Higginson Book Company.
[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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