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Pleasant Township, Brown County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Field	Value
official_name	Pleasant Township, Brown County, Ohio
settlement_type	Township
image_skyline	Thompson Farm gate.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	Woods and a farm gate west of Georgetown
image_map	Map of Brown County Ohio Highlighting Pleasant Township.png
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Pleasant 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	93.8
area_land_km2	92.8
area_water_km2	1.0
population_as_of	2020
population_total	5643
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	281
elevation_ft	922
coordinates
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	39-63212
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1085803

Pleasant Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 5,643 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:

Scott Township - north
Franklin Township - northeast
Jefferson Township - east
Union Township - southeast
Lewis Township - west
Clark Township - northwest

Bracken County, Kentucky lies across the Ohio River to the south.

The village of Georgetown, the county seat of Brown County, is located in northern Pleasant Township.

Name and history

It is one of fifteen Pleasant Townships statewide.

Pleasant Township was established in 1801. In 1833, eighteen mills operated in Pleasant Township.

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]].
"Pleasant 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: Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Churches, Schools, Etc.". Higginson Book Company.
Kilbourn, John. (1833). "The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary". Scott and Wright.
[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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