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Stonelick Township, Clermont County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, United States

39°8′18″N 84°9′5″W / 39.13833°N 84.15139°W / 39.13833; -84.15139CountryUnited StatesStateOhioCountyClermontArea

• Total29.7 sq mi (76.8 km²) • Land29.5 sq mi (76.4 km²) • Water0.2 sq mi (0.4 km²)Elevation

^[1]

791 ft (241 m)Population

(2020)

• Total5,663 • Density200/sq mi (77.1/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

45103

Area code513FIPS code39-74825^[2]GNIS feature ID1085870^[1]Websitestonelicktwp-oh.org

Stonelick Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 5,663 at the 2020 census.^[3]

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, Stonelick borders the townships of:

Goshen Township (to north)
Wayne Township (to northeast)
Jackson Township (to east)
Batavia Township (to south)
Union Township (to southwest)
Miami Township (to west)

The village of Owensville is in southern Stonelick Township.

Name and history

Stonelick Township was organized in 1812.^[4] It is the only Stonelick Township in Ohio.^[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. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
^ "Stonelick township, Clermont County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
^ Everts, Louis H. (1880). History of Clermont County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. p. 527.
^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.