• Source: Elizabeth Township, Lawrence County, Ohio

      • Elizabeth Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 2,527.


      Geography


      Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:

      Decatur Township - north
      Aid Township - east
      Lawrence Township - southeast
      Upper Township - south
      Hamilton Township - southwest
      Green Township, Scioto County - west
      Vernon Township, Scioto County - northwest
      No municipalities are located in Elizabeth Township, although the unincorporated communities of Etna and Pedro lie in the eastern part of the township.


      Name and history


      Statewide, the only other Elizabeth Township is located in Miami County.


      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




      External links


      County website

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