View source for Bedford Township, Coshocton County, Ohio

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|official_name            = Bedford Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Coshocton County, Ohio|Coshocton]]
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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'''Bedford Township''' is one of the twenty-two [[civil township|townships]] of [[Coshocton County, Ohio|Coshocton County]], [[Ohio]], United States. As of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]] the population was 604.
==Geography==
Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*[[Jefferson Township, Coshocton County, Ohio|Jefferson Township]] - north
*[[Bethlehem Township, Coshocton County, Ohio|Bethlehem Township]] - northeast corner
*[[Jackson Township, Coshocton County, Ohio|Jackson Township]] - east
*[[Washington Township, Coshocton County, Ohio|Washington Township]] - south
*[[Pike Township, Coshocton County, Ohio|Pike Township]] - southwest
*[[Perry Township, Coshocton County, Ohio|Perry Township]] - west
*[[Newcastle Township, Coshocton County, Ohio|Newcastle Township]] - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Bedford Township, although the [[unincorporated area|unincorporated communities]] of [[Tunnel Hill, Ohio|Tunnel Hill]] and [[West Bedford, Ohio|West Bedford]] lie in the township's central and western sections, respectively.
==Name and history==
Bedford Township was organized in 1825.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8uguAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3 | title=Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio | publisher=R. Clarke & Company | author=Hunt, William Ellis | year=1876 | pages=3}}</ref> Many of its first settlers were natives of [[Bedford County, Pennsylvania]], hence the name.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9gzVAAAAMAAJ&dq=coshocton%20county%20ohio%20history&pg=PA461 | title=History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881 | publisher=A. A. Graham | author=Graham, Albert Adams | year=1881 | pages=461}}</ref>
Statewide, the only other Bedford Township is located in [[Bedford Township, Meigs County, Ohio|Meigs County]].<ref>{{Cite web| title = Detailed map of Ohio| publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]]| year = 2000| url = http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf| accessdate =2007-02-16}}</ref>
==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,<ref>[http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24], [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/505.01 §505.01], and [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/507.01 §507.01] of the [[Ohio Revised Code]]. Accessed 4/30/2009.</ref> 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==
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==External links==
*[http://www.coshoctoncounty.net County website]
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[[Category:Townships in Coshocton County, Ohio]]
[[Category:Townships in Ohio]]