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Wills Township, Guernsey County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, United States

40°1′1″N 81°25′19″W / 40.01694°N 81.42194°W / 40.01694; -81.42194Country

United StatesState

OhioCountyGuernseyArea

• Total36.47 sq mi (94.45 km²) • Land36.45 sq mi (94.41 km²) • Water0.02 sq mi (0.04 km²)Elevation

^[1]

965 ft (294 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total1,521 • Density42/sq mi (16/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)FIPS code39-85708^[3]GNIS feature ID1086195^[1]

Wills Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,521.

Geography

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

Madison Township – north
Oxford Township – northeast
Millwood Township – southeast
Richland Township – southwest
Center Township – west
Jefferson Township – northwest

Two villages are located in Wills Township: part of Lore City in the southwestern corner, and Old Washington in the west.

Name and history

Wills Township was organized in 1810.^[4] It is the only Wills Township statewide.^[5]

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,^[6] 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.
^ "Wills township, Guernsey County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Sarchet, Cyrus Parkinson Beatty (1911). History of Guernsey County, Ohio, Volume 1. B.F. Bowen & Company. p. 341.
^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.