Union Township, Logan County, Ohio
Township
Hills and farmland cover most of Union Township.
Location of Union Township in Ohio
Location of Union Township in Logan County
Coordinates: 40°18′6″N 83°49′26″W / 40.30167°N 83.82389°W / 40.30167; -83.82389
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Logan
Area [1]
• Total	22.98 sq mi (59.51 km2)
• Land	22.89 sq mi (59.29 km2)
• Water	0.08 sq mi (0.22 km2)
Elevation [2]	1,040 ft (320 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	755
• Density	33/sq mi (13/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	937, 326
FIPS code	39-78414[4]
GNIS feature ID	1086495[2]

Union Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 755.

Geography

Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Harrison Township - north
• Liberty Township - east
• Harrison Township, Champaign County - south
• Miami Township - southwest
• Pleasant Township - northwest

No municipalities are located in Union Township.

Name and history

Union Township was formed in 1820.^[5] It is one of twenty-seven Union Townships statewide.^[6]

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,^[7] 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.

Transportation

State Route 508 passes through Union Township.