Mason Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 974.
Geography Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Walnut Township, Gallia County - north Harrison Township, Gallia County - northeast corner Guyan Township, Gallia County - east Rome Township - southeast corner Windsor Township - south Lawrence Township - southwest corner Aid Township - west Symmes Township - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Mason Township. Established before 1873, Arabia is a populated place in the township.Populated Place: Arabia (Lawrence County) Yarico is also a populated place in the township.Populated Place: Yarico (Lawrence County)
Name and history It is the only Mason Township statewide.
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,§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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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External links County website