Raccoon Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 2,102.
Geography Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Huntington Township - north Morgan Township - northeast corner Springfield Township - east Green Township - southeast corner Perry Township - south Madison Township, Jackson County - west Bloomfield Township, Jackson County - northwest corner
Raccoon Creek forms its eastern border.
Two villages are located in Raccoon Township: Centerville, the smallest village in the county, in the west; and Rio Grande, the second largest village in the county, in the south.
Name and history It is the only Raccoon Township statewide.
Raccoon Township was organized in 1806. In 1833, the township contained four gristmills, four saw mills, two carding machines, a fulling mill, and two distilleries.
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,§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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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External links County website