Claibourne Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Union County

Union County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,421 people in the township, 1,265 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Union County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 914 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Prospect Township, Marion County
  Prospect Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Prospect Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,207 people in the township, 1,016 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Thompson Township, Delaware County
  Thompson Township, Delaware County, Ohio
  Thompson Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 558 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Leesburg Township
  Leesburg Township, Union County, Ohio
  Leesburg Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,438 people in the township, 1,115 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Taylor Township
  Taylor Township, Union County, Ohio
  Taylor Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,444 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Claibourne Township - northeast...
  
   - southwest
• York Township
  York Township, Union County, Ohio
  York Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,174 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west

The village of Richwood

Richwood, Ohio

Richwood is a village in Claibourne Township, Union County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,156 at the 2000 census.-History:The town of Richwood was laid out in 1832, by Philip Plummer. In 1834, road work was completed, and all the roads going into the town were gravelled...

is located in central Claibourne Township.

Name and history

It is the only Claibourne Township statewide, and is named after the R. Claibourne survey. The township was organized in 1834. As of 1854, the township was also known as 'Clairbourn', and the population was 919.

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, 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.