Colerain Township, Hamilton County, Ohio

Colerain Township is located in northwest Hamilton County, Ohio. As of 2000, it had a population of 60,144 and an area of 42.9 mi² (111 km²). This makes it one of the largest oversized townships in Ohio, and the 6th ranking population center in the state.

The township was named Coleraine in 1790 by one of first settlers, John Dunlap who was a surveyor who had been born in Coleraine, Ireland[?]. The township government was established in 1794, and at some point the final e was dropped from the name.

Table of contents 1 Law and Government 2 Geography 2.1 Boundaries 3 External links

Law and Government The township is governed under the home rule provisions of Ohio's laws. It has a board of three trustees serving staggered four year terms, an elected clerk and a professional administrator. As of 2003, the trustees are Kieth Corman (President), Diana Lynn Rielage, and Bernard Fiedeldey, while the administrator is Daved Foglesong, and Kathy Mohr has been the township clerk since 1988. As of 2002, the township government had a budget of $25.7 million, and approximately 275 employees Colerain Township has a sister city arrangement Obergiesing, Germany, a suburb of Munich. Geography The area is a series of gentle wooded hills separating the Mill Creek and Great Miami River[?] basins, sloping down to the flood plain of the Miami. The terrain generally rises toward the north of the township. As of 1990, 29% of the township's land had been urbanized, and 15% developed as agricultural property, while half remained as woodlands. The township is crossed by Interstate 74 and I-275, while the main north-south artery is Colerain Avenue (U.S. Highway 27).

Boundaries

• North - Fairfield Township of Butler County[?]
• East - Springfield Township, and the cities of Forest Park and North College Hill
• Southeast - a short common border with Cincinnati
• South - Green Township
• West - the Miami River separates it from Crosby and Whitewater Townships.
• The communities of White Oak, Groesbeck, Northbrook, and Northgate are all within the township.

External links

• The Township governments web site (http://www.coleraintwp.org/Main.htm)
• The Northwest (Hamilton County) School District (http://www.nwlsd.org/)
• Colerain Township Business Association (http://www.ctbaweb.com/)
• Colerain High School (The Cardinals) Alumni (http://www.colerain.org/)