Lemon Township, Butler County, Ohio

Coordinates: 39°27′17″N 84°23′34″W / 39.45472°N 84.39278°W / 39.45472; -84.39278
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Lemon Township, Butler County, Ohio
FIPS code
39-42672[3]
GNIS feature ID1085811[2]

Lemon Township is one of thirteen

2020 census. It is the only Lemon Township statewide.[4]

History

The township as originally created was approximately 36 square miles (93 km2) and included all of the Butler County portions of what is Middletown and most of the Butler County part of Monroe, the remainder being in Liberty Township. The southern part of the township was within the limits of the Symmes Purchase, the northern boundary today being marked by Todhunter Road, 2.25 miles (3.62 km) north of the southern boundary. It was bounded on the east by the Warren County line and on the west and north by the Great Miami River.[citation needed]

The original boundaries included all of what is now Madison Township, Madison being divided from Lemon on May 7, 1810.[citation needed]

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:

The

U.S. Route 25, passed through the township and is now an unnumbered road sharing the name of Main Street through the center of Monroe. The community of Excello lies in the central part of the township, and the community of Blue Ball
was on the Dixie Highway where it crossed the Warren County line.

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

  1. ^ "Lemon township, Butler County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". US Census Bureau. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
  5. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

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