Loudon Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Carroll County

Carroll County, Ohio

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, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,032 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Lee Township
  Lee Township, Carroll County, Ohio
  Lee Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,128 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Springfield Township, Jefferson County
  Springfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Springfield Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,568 people in the township, 1,231 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• German Township, Harrison County
  German Township, Harrison County, Ohio
  German Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 767 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Rumley Township, Harrison County
  Rumley Township, Harrison County, Ohio
  Rumley Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,575 people in the township, 791 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Perry Township
  Perry Township, Carroll County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,022 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Union Township - north...
  
   - west

No municipalities are located in Loudon Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Loudon Township is located in Seneca County

Loudon Township, Seneca County, Ohio

Loudon Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,395 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Jackson Township - north...

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At the March, 1836 meeting of the County commissioners the entry made was : "After reading and considering the petition for the erection and alteration of several townships in different parts of the county the following is moved": "A township named Loudon was ordered to be erected from the balance of the said Rock Township and Jefferson 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.

The current office holders and end of their terms are

Trustees:

• T. Mike Snyder December 31, 2013,
• Alan Furbee December 31, 2013,
• M. Paul Simmons December 31, 2011

Fiscal Officer (Clerk):

• Margaret Brogan March 31, 2012

Education

Students attend the Carrollton Exempted Village School District

Carrollton Exempted Village School District

Carrollton Exempted Village Schools is a school district located in Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The only high school for the district is located in Carrollton, Ohio and is called Carrollton High School.-List of schools:*, Augusta, Ohio...

 in most of the township and Edison Local School District

Edison Local School District

The Edison Local School District is a public school district based in the community of Hammondsville, Ohio, United States.The district serves the villages of Amsterdam, Bergholz, Empire, Irondale, Richmond, and Stratton as well as unincorporated areas in northern Jefferson County.-Schools:*Edison...

 near the village of Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Ohio

Amsterdam is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 568 at the 2000 census. Residents of Amsterdam are commonly referred to as Amsterdamians...

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