Concord Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Champaign County

Champaign County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 38,890 people, 14,952 households, and 10,870 families residing in the county. The population density was 91 people per square mile . There were 15,890 housing units at an average density of 37 per square mile...

, 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 1,408 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Harrison Township
  Harrison Township, Champaign County, Ohio
  Harrison Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 823 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Salem Township
  Salem Township, Champaign County, Ohio
  Salem Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,307 people in the township, 2,296 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Urbana Township
  Urbana Township, Champaign County, Ohio
  Urbana Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 14,968 people in the township, 3,366 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Mad River Township
  Mad River Township, Champaign County, Ohio
  Mad River Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,650 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Johnson Township
  Johnson Township, Champaign County, Ohio
  Johnson Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,357 people in the township, 1,578 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Adams Township
  Adams Township, Champaign County, Ohio
  Adams Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,100 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Concord Township.

Name and history

It is one of seven Concord Townships statewide

Concord Township, Ohio

Concord Township may refer to the following township in the U.S. state of Ohio:* Concord Township, Champaign County, Ohio* Concord Township, Delaware County, Ohio* Concord Township, Fayette County, Ohio* Concord Township, Highland County, Ohio...

.

Concord Township was also the site of the crash of Trans World Airlines

Trans World Airlines

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 Flight 553

TWA Flight 553

Flight 553, registration N1063T, was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 jet airliner operated by Trans World Airlines en route from Pittsburgh to Dayton that collided in mid-air with a Beechcraft Baron near Urbana, Ohio on March 9, 1967...

, a Douglas

Douglas Aircraft Company

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 DC-9-15

McDonnell Douglas DC-9

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 which fell to earth in a field following a mid-air collision

Mid-air collision

A mid-air collision is an aviation accident in which two or more aircraft come into contact during flight. Owing to the relatively high velocities involved and any subsequent impact on the ground or sea, very severe damage or the total destruction of at least one of the aircraft involved usually...

 with a Beechcraft Baron

Beechcraft Baron

|-See also:- Further reading :*Harding, Stephen. U.S. Army Aircraft Since 1947. Shrewsbury, UK:Airlife Publishing, 1990. ISBN 1-85310-102-8.*Michell, Simon. Jane's Civil and Military Aircraft Upgrades 1994-95. Coulsdon, UK:Jane's Information Group, 1994. ISBN 0-7106-1208-7.*Taylor, John W. R....

 on March 9, 1967, triggering substantial changes in air traffic control

Air traffic control

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procedures.

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.

External links

• County website
• County & Township Map of Ohio (PDF object)