Union Township, Licking County, Ohio

Union Township is one of the 25 townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 9,130.

Geography

Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships and city:

Granville Township - north
Newark - northeast
Heath - northeast
Licking Township - east
Thorn Township, Perry County - southeast corner
Buckeye Lake - southeast
Walnut Township, Fairfield County - south
Liberty Township, Fairfield County - southwest corner
Harrison Township - west
St. Albans Township - northwest corner

Several municipalities are located in Union Township:

Part of the village of Buckeye Lake, in the southeast
The village of Hebron, in the east

Name and history

It is one of 27 Union Townships statewide.

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.