View source for Bennington Township, Morrow County, Ohio

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|image_caption            = Fields east of Marengo
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Morrow County, Ohio|Morrow]]

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|population_as_of         = [[United States Census, 2020|2020]]
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'''Bennington Township''' is one of the sixteen [[civil township|townships]] of [[Morrow County, Ohio|Morrow County]], [[Ohio]], United States.  The [[United States Census, 2020|2020 census]] found 3,297 people in the township, 283 of whom lived in the village of [[Marengo, Ohio|Marengo]].

==Geography==
Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*[[Harmony Township, Morrow County, Ohio|Harmony Township]] - north
*[[Chester Township, Morrow County, Ohio|Chester Township]] - northeast corner
*[[South Bloomfield Township, Morrow County, Ohio|South Bloomfield Township]] - east
*[[Hilliar Township, Knox County, Ohio|Hilliar Township, Knox County]] - southeast corner
*[[Porter Township, Delaware County, Ohio|Porter Township, Delaware County]] - south
*[[Kingston Township, Delaware County, Ohio|Kingston Township, Delaware County]] - southwest corner
*[[Peru Township, Morrow County, Ohio|Peru Township]] - west
*[[Lincoln Township, Morrow County, Ohio|Lincoln Township]] - northwest

The village of [[Marengo, Ohio|Marengo]] is located in northwestern Bennington Township.

==Name and history==
Bennington Township was organized in 1817, and named after [[Bennington, Vermont]], the native home of a first settler.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Morrow County and Ohio: Containing a Brief History of the State of Ohio|url=https://archive.org/details/historymorrowco00cogoog|year=1880|publisher=O.L. Baskin & Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historymorrowco00cogoog/page/n475 493]}}</ref> Statewide, the only other Bennington Township is located in [[Bennington Township, Licking County, Ohio|Licking County]].<ref>{{Cite web| title = Detailed map of Ohio| work = | publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]]| year = 2000| url = http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf| format = PDF| accessdate =2007-02-16}}</ref>

==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,<ref>[http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24], [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/505.01 §505.01], and [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/507.01 §507.01] of the [[Ohio Revised Code]]. Accessed 4/30/2009.</ref> 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==
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==External links==
*[http://www.morrowcounty.info County website]

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[[Category:Townships in Morrow County, Ohio]]
[[Category:1817 establishments in Ohio]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1817]]
[[Category:Townships in Ohio]]