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Concord Township, Champaign County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, United States

40°10′9″N 83°50′12″W / 40.16917°N 83.83667°W / 40.16917; -83.83667CountryUnited StatesStateOhioCountyChampaignArea

• Total30.2 sq mi (78.1 km²) • Land30.1 sq mi (77.9 km²) • Water0.08 sq mi (0.2 km²)Elevation

^[1]

1,099 ft (335 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total1,387 • Density46/sq mi (18/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)FIPS code39-18126^[3]GNIS feature ID1085839^[1]

Concord Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census reported 1,387 people living in the township.

Geography

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

Harrison Township - north
Salem Township - east
Urbana Township - southeast corner
Mad River Township - south
Johnson Township - west
Adams Township - northwest

No municipalities are located in Concord Township.

Name and history

It is one of seven Concord Townships statewide.^[4]

Concord Township was established in 1818 from land given by Mad River Township.^[5]

Concord Township was the site of the crash of Trans World Airlines Flight 553, a Douglas DC-9-15 which fell to earth in a field following a mid-air collision with a Beechcraft Baron on March 9, 1967, triggering substantial changes in air traffic control procedures.

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.
^ "Concord township, Champaign County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
^ The History of Champaign County, Ohio. W.H. Beers & Company. 1881. pp. 486.
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.