Belpre Township, Ohio

Belpre Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 3,897 people in the township.

Belpre Township, Ohio
Township
The Sawyer-Curtis House in Little Hocking
Location of Belpre Township in Washington County
Coordinates: 39°16′54″N 81°39′44″W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Washington
Area
• Total	24.1 sq mi (62.5 km2)
• Land	23.6 sq mi (61.2 km2)
• Water	0.5 sq mi (1.2 km2)
Elevation [1]	735 ft (224 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	3,897
• Density	165.1/sq mi (63.7/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	45714
Area code	740
FIPS code	39-05438[3]
GNIS feature ID	1087128[1]

Geography

Located in the southwestern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:

• Dunham Township - north
• Troy Township, Athens County - southwest
• Decatur Township - west

Wood County, West Virginia lies across the Ohio River to the southeast.

Two populated places are located in Belpre Township along the Ohio River: The city of Belpre, in the southeast; and the unincorporated community of Little Hocking, in the southwest.

Name and history

With a name derived from the French for "beautiful meadow",^[4] it is the only Belpre 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,^[5] 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.