Concord Township, Champaign County, Ohio | |
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 Countryside in northeastern Concord Township | |
 Location of Concord Township in Champaign County | |
| Coordinates:40°10′9″N83°50′12″W / 40.16917°N 83.83667°W /40.16917; -83.83667 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Champaign |
| Area | |
• Total | 30.2 sq mi (78.1 km2) |
| • Land | 30.1 sq mi (77.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.077 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,099 ft (335 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,387 |
| • Density | 46.1/sq mi (17.8/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| FIPS code | 39-18126[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1085839[1] |
Concord Township is one of the twelvetownships ofChampaign County,Ohio, United States. The2020 census reported 1,387 people living in the township.
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
No municipalities are located in Concord Township.
It is one of sevenConcord 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 ofTrans World AirlinesFlight 553, aDouglasDC-9-15 which fell to earth in a field following amid-air collision with aBeechcraft Baron on March 9, 1967, triggering substantial changes inair traffic control procedures.
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.
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