Bowling Green Township, Licking County, Ohio

Bowling Green Township, Licking County, Ohio
Bowling Green Township, Licking County, Ohio
FIPS code
GNIS feature ID	1086453
Website	bowlinggreentwp.org

Bowling Green Township is one of the 25

2020 census

, the population was 1,799.

Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

Franklin Township - north
Hopewell Township - northeast
Hopewell Township, Muskingum County - east
Madison Township, Perry County - southeast corner
Hopewell Township, Perry County - south
Thorn Township, Perry County - southwest
Licking Township - west

No municipalities are located in Bowling Green Township, although the unincorporated community of Brownsville lies in the northeastern part of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Bowling Green Township is located in Marion County. The township is located within the Refugee Tract.

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

^ "U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: County Subdivisions: Ohio". U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Bowling Green township, Licking County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

[Gazetteer_2019-1] "U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: County Subdivisions: Ohio". U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division. Retrieved July 9, 2020.

[GR3-2] "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[3] "Bowling Green township, Licking County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 15, 2023.

[GR2-4] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

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

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Cities		Heath Johnstown New Albany‡ Newark Pataskala Reynoldsburg‡	Map of Ohio highlighting Licking County
Villages	Alexandria Buckeye Lake‡ Granville Gratiot‡ Hanover Hartford Hebron Kirkersville St. Louisville Utica‡
Townships	Bennington Bowling Green Burlington Eden Etna Fallsbury Franklin Granville Hanover Harrison Hartford Hopewell Jersey Liberty Licking Madison Mary Ann McKean Monroe Newark Newton Perry St. Albans Union Washington
CDPs	Beechwood Trails Brownsville Etna Granville South Jacksontown Jersey Harbor Hills Marne
Unincorporated communities	Amsterdam Appleton Ben Boston Chatham Columbia Center Fleatown Fredonia Homer Linnville Lloyd Corners Lock‡ Locust Grove Luray New Way Outville Perryton Rain Rock Rocky Fork Toboso Union Station Vanatta Wagram Welsh Hills Wilkins Run
Ghost towns	Belfast Central City Claylick Denmans Crossroads Exeter Livingston Lockport Long Run Moscow Mount Hope New Winchester Oberlin Raccoon Town
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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