Harlan Township, Warren County, Ohio | |
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 Sugar Run Valley Baptist Church | |
 Location of Harlan Township in Warren County | |
| Coordinates:39°17′48″N84°3′56″W / 39.29667°N 84.06556°W /39.29667; -84.06556 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Warren |
| Area | |
• Total | 45.2 sq mi (117.0 km2) |
| • Land | 45.2 sq mi (117.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 899 ft (274 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 4,929[1] |
| • Density | 80/sq mi (31/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| FIPS code | 39-33474[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1087115[2] |
Harlan Township is one of the eleventownships ofWarren County,Ohio,United States. It is located in the southeast corner of the county. The population was 4,929 as of the2020 census.
Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
The two tiny villages ofButlerville andPleasant Plain are located in Harlan Township, as well as theunincorporated community ofLevel.
The only Harlan Township statewide, it is named forAaron Harlan ofXenia, a member of theOhio General Assembly that created the township and who formerly represented the area inCongress.
Harlan Township was organized in 1860.[4] It was created by theOhio General Assembly by the Act of March 16, 1860 (Ohio Laws, volume 57, page 135), which took effect that day. It divided the existing Salem Township into two parts, the northern part to be calledCorwin Township, the southern to be called Harlan.
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.
The Little Miami, Blanchester, Goshen, and Clinton Massie school districts serve the township. Mail is delivered through the Pleasant Plain, Clarksville,Morrow,Goshen, andBlanchester post offices. The Little Miami Telephone Company's Butlerville exchange serves most of the township, but parts of Harlan Township lie in the Little Miami, Blanchester, Morrow, andClarksville telephone exchanges.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |