Official Name: | Richland Township, Logan County, Ohio |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Image Map1: | Map of Logan County Ohio Highlighting Richland Township.png |
Mapsize1: | 250px |
Map Caption1: | Location of Richland Township in Logan County |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Logan |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 77.3 |
Area Land Km2: | 75.2 |
Area Water Km2: | 2.1 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 2645 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [3] |
Elevation Ft: | 1040 |
Coordinates: | 40.4981°N -83.7992°W |
Area Code: | 937, 326 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 39-66740[4] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1086492 |
Richland Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,645.
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
The village of Belle Center is located in northern Richland Township, and the unincorporated community of Northwood lies in the township's southeast, along the border with McArthur Township.
The eastern part of Indian Lake is located in western Richland Township.
Richland Township was organized in 1844.[5] It is one of twelve Richland Townships statewide.[6]
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.
Important highways in Richland Township include State Routes 117, 235, 273, 366, and 368.
The township is the location of the Bickham Covered Bridge, which carries County Road 38 over the South Fork of the Miami River. Built in 1877 and refurbished in 1959, it employs the Howe truss design. The bridge's length is .[7] [8] [9]