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Batavia Township, Ohio

Township in Ohio, United States

39°4′1″N 84°10′23″W / 39.06694°N 84.17306°W / 39.06694; -84.17306CountryUnited StatesStateOhioCountyClermontArea

• Total41.6 sq mi (107.7 km²) • Land39.7 sq mi (102.9 km²) • Water1.9 sq mi (4.8 km²)Elevation

^[1]

823 ft (251 m)Population

(2020)

• Total27,660 • Density586/sq mi (226.2/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

45103

Area code513FIPS code39-04157^[2]GNIS feature ID1085861^[1]Websitebataviatownship.org

Batavia Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 27,660 as of the 2020 census.^[3]

Geography

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

Stonelick Township - north
Jackson Township - northeast
Williamsburg Township - east
Tate Township - southeast
Monroe Township - south
Pierce Township - southwest
Union Township - northwest

The incorporated village and county seat of Batavia is located in the center of the Township. Parts of the former village of Amelia (dissolved in 2019) are located in the southwest.

Name and history

Batavia Township was organized in 1815.^[4] It is the only Batavia Township statewide.

Economy

American Modern Insurance Group, Inc. is based in the township.

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.
^ "Batavia township, Clermont County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 29, 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. 251.
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.