View source for Clinton Township, Shelby County, Ohio

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|official_name            = Clinton Township, Shelby County, Ohio
|settlement_type          = [[Civil township|Township]]
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|image_caption            = Farm fields on Schenck Road, southwest of Sidney
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|map_caption              = Location of Clinton Township in Shelby County
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|subdivision_name         = United States
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|subdivision_name1        = [[Ohio]]
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Shelby County, Ohio|Shelby]]
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|area_total_km2           = 43.4
|area_land_km2            = 43.2
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|population_as_of         = [[United States Census, 2020|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref>{{cite web |title=Clinton township, Shelby County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Clinton_township,_Shelby_County,_Ohio?g=060XX00US3914916168 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref>
|population_total         = 20317
|population_density_km2   = 470.3
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|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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'''Clinton Township''' is one of the fourteen [[civil township|townships]] of [[Shelby County, Ohio|Shelby County]], [[Ohio]], United States.  The [[United States Census, 2020|2020 census]] found 20,317 people in the township.
==Geography==
Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*[[Franklin Township, Shelby County, Ohio|Franklin Township]] - north
*[[Salem Township, Shelby County, Ohio|Salem Township]] - northeast
*[[Perry Township, Shelby County, Ohio|Perry Township]] - east
*[[Orange Township, Shelby County, Ohio|Orange Township]] - south
*[[Washington Township, Shelby County, Ohio|Washington Township]] - southwest
*[[Turtle Creek Township, Shelby County, Ohio|Turtle Creek Township]] - northwest
Most of Clinton Township is occupied by the city of [[Sidney, Ohio|Sidney]], the [[county seat]] of Shelby County.
==Name==
Clinton Township was organized in 1825.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hitchcock |first=Almon Baldwin Carrington|title=History of Shelby County, Ohio, and representative citizens|url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofshelbyc00hitc#page/82/mode/2up|year=1913|page=83}}</ref> It is one of seven [[Clinton Township, Ohio (disambiguation)|Clinton Townships statewide]].<ref>{{Cite web| title = Detailed map of Ohio| work = | publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]]| year = 2000| url = http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf| format = 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.co.shelby.oh.us County website]
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[[Category:Townships in Shelby County, Ohio]]
[[Category:Townships in Ohio]]