Batavia Township, Ohio

Batavia Township, Ohio
Batavia Township, Ohio
FIPS code
GNIS feature ID	1085861
Website	bataviatownship.org

Batavia Township is one of the fourteen

2020 census.^[3]

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:

Stonelick Township - north
Jackson Township - northeast
Williamsburg Township - east
Tate Township - southeast
Monroe Township - south
Pierce Township - southwest
Union Township - northwest

The incorporated village and county seat of Batavia is located in the center of the Township. Parts of the former village of Amelia (dissolved in 2019) are located in the southwest.

Name and history

Batavia Township was organized in 1815.^[4] It is the only Batavia Township statewide.

Economy

American Modern Insurance Group, Inc.

is based in the 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,^[5] 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

^ ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Batavia township, Clermont County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
^ Everts, Louis H. (1880). History of Clermont County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. p. 251.
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

Township website
County website Archived March 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[GR3-1] "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[GR2-2] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[3] "Batavia township, Clermont County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 29, 2023.

[4] Everts, Louis H. (1880). History of Clermont County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. p. 251.

[5] §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

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Cities		Loveland‡ Milford‡	Map of Ohio highlighting Clermont County
Villages	Batavia Bethel Chilo Felicity Moscow Neville New Richmond Owensville Williamsburg
Townships	Batavia Franklin Goshen Jackson Miami Monroe Ohio Pierce Stonelick Tate Union Washington Wayne Williamsburg
CDPs	Amelia Day Heights Goshen Marathon Miamiville Mount Carmel Mount Repose Mulberry Summerside Withamsville
Unincorporated communities	Afton Bantam Belfast Blairsville Blowville Branch Hill Braziers Cedron Clermontville Clover Concord Edenton Elk Lick Grailville Hamlet Hennings Mill Hills Laurel Lerado Lindale Locust Corner Maple Milford Hills Modest Monterey Moores Fork Mount Carmel Heights Mount Forest Trails Mount Holly Mount Olive Mount Pisgah New Palestine Newtonsville Ninemile Nineveh Nicholsville Olive Branch Perintown Point Isabel Point Pleasant Pringle Corner Round Bottom Rural Saltair Shiloh Simpkinsville Springvale Stonelick Tobasco Utopia Wards Corner Wiggonsville Williams Corner Willowville Woodville
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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