Staunton Township, Miami County, Ohio
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Staunton Township is one of the twelve townships
Civil township
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 of Miami County
Miami County, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 98,868 people, 38,437 households, and 27,943 families residing in the county. The population density was 243 people per square mile . There were 40,554 housing units at an average density of 100 per square mile...

, Ohio
Ohio
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, United States
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. The 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

 found 1,992 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
  • Spring Creek Township
    Spring Creek Township, Miami County, Ohio
    Spring Creek Township is one of the twelve townships of Miami County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,826 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - north
  • Brown Township
    Brown Township, Miami County, Ohio
    Brown Township is one of the twelve townships of Miami County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,554 people in the township, 1,044 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - northeast corner
  • Lost Creek Township
    Lost Creek Township, Miami County, Ohio
    Lost Creek Township is one of the twelve townships of Miami County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,633 people in the township, 1,311 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - east
  • Elizabeth Township
    Elizabeth Township, Miami County, Ohio
    Elizabeth Township is one of the twelve townships of Miami County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,620 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - southeast
  • Bethel Township
    Bethel Township, Miami County, Ohio
    Bethel Township is one of the twelve townships of Miami County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,927 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - south
  • Monroe Township
    Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio
    Monroe Township is one of the twelve townships of Miami County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 15,339 people in the township, 6,118 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - southwest
  • Concord Township
    Concord Township, Miami County, Ohio
    Concord Township is one of the twelve townships of Miami County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 27,335 people in the township, 5,336 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - west
  • Washington Township
    Washington Township, Miami County, Ohio
    Washington Township is one of the twelve townships of Miami County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,803 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - northwest


Part of the city of Troy
Troy, Ohio
* - Sports :In addition to Troy High School athletics, Troy is home to the Miami Valley Silverbacks indoor football team of the Continental Indoor Football League....

, the county seat
County seat
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of Miami County, is located in western Staunton 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.
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