Tiffin Township, Adams County, Ohio

Coordinates: 38°47′59″N 83°31′41″W / 38.79972°N 83.52806°W

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Tiffin Township, Adams County, Ohio
Township
Treber Inn on State Route 41
Location in Adams County and the state of Ohio.
Coordinates: 38°47′59″N 83°31′41″W / 38.79972°N 83.52806°W / 38.79972; -83.52806
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Adams
Area
• Total	51.3 sq mi (132.8 km²)
• Land	51.2 sq mi (132.6 km²)
• Water	0.08 sq mi (0.2 km²)
Elevation ^[1]	837 ft (255 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	5,210
• Density	109/sq mi (41.9/km²)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-76768^[2]
GNIS feature ID	1085686^[1]

Tiffin Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 5,210 at the 2020 census.^[3]

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:

Oliver Township - north
Meigs Township- northeast
Brush Creek Township - east
Monroe Township - south
Liberty Township - west
Wayne Township - northwest

Most of the village of West Union, the county seat of Adams County, is located in southwestern Tiffin Township.

Name and history

Tiffin Township was organized in 1806. It is named for Edward Tiffin, first Governor of Ohio.^[4]

Statewide, the only other Tiffin Township is located in Defiance County.

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,^[5] 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.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Tiffin township, Adams County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
^ Evans, Nelson Wiley (1900). A History of Adams County, Ohio: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. E B. Stivers. pp. 468.
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

County website

v t e Municipalities and communities of Adams County, Ohio, United States
County seat: West Union
Villages	Manchester Peebles Rome Seaman West Union Winchester	Map of Ohio highlighting Adams County
Townships	Bratton Brush Creek Franklin Green Jefferson Liberty Manchester Meigs Monroe Oliver Scott Sprigg Tiffin Wayne Winchester
CDPs	Bentonville Cherry Fork
Other communities	Beasley Fork Blue Creek Bradysville Cedar Mills Dunkinsville Eckmansville Fairview Harshaville Jacksonville Jaybird Locust Grove Louden Louisville Lynx Marble Furnace May Hill Mineral Springs Rockville Sandy Springs Selig Steam Furnace Tranquility Tulip Unity Wamsley Wrightsville Youngsville
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