Clay Township is one of the twenty-two townships

Civil township

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 of Knox County

Knox County, Ohio

Knox County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of 2010, the population was 60,921. Its county seat is Mount Vernon and is named for Henry Knox, an officer in the American Revolutionary War who was later the first Secretary of War....

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,328 people in the township, 1,143 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Harrison Township
  Harrison Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Harrison Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 747 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the east central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Butler Township
  Butler Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Butler Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 798 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Union Township - north...
  
   - northeast corner
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 878 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Fallsbury Township, Licking County
  Fallsbury Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Fallsbury Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 865 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Eden Township, Licking County
  Eden Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Eden Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,243 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the northern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Washington Township, Licking County
  Washington Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,045 people in the township, 917 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Morgan Township
  Morgan Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Morgan Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 843 people in the township, 841 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Pleasant Township
  Pleasant Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Pleasant Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,362 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Monroe Township - north...
  
   - northwest corner

The village of Martinsburg

Martinsburg, Ohio

Martinsburg is a village in Knox County, Ohio, United States. The population was 185 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Martinsburg is located at ....

 is located in western Clay Township, and the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 of Bladensburg

Bladensburg, Ohio

Bladensburg is a census-designated place on the border between the Clay and Jackson Townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43005. It lies along State Route 541 east of Martinsburg.Bladensburg is home to East Knox...

lies on the eastern border with Jackson 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, 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.