Richland Township, Clinton County, Ohio
Richland Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census reported 3,573 people living in the township, 1,009 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. Geography. Located in the northeast corner of the county, it borders the following townships: It is located in the northeast corner of the county. The entire township lies in the Virginia Military District and contains 21,210.72 acres (86 km) of land. The village of Sabina is located in eastern Richland Township, and the unincorporated communities of Reesville and Melvin are  in the western part of the township. Education. Richland township is covered by East Clinton Local School Dist. which is based in Sabina, Ohio. Students attend Sabina Elementary School, East Clinton Middle School, and East Clinton High School. Other education facilities include Sabina Co Op Preschool which is located in Sabina at the Sabina United Methodist Church. Parks. Richland Township contains 2 parks within its boundaries. Clinton-Fayette Friendship Trail starts at Melvin road and continues through Sabina ending at Borum RD. There is parking at Melvin, Reesville, Sabina park and at Bourne road. The township park contains 2 shelter  houses 3 baseball/softball fields and a batting cage with a walking track surrounding them all. There is a connecting path Over the footbridge connecting to the Sabina park. Transportation. Major roads include the 3C Highway (aka State Route 3 and U.S. Route 22) and State Routes 729 and 72. Name. It is one of twelve Richland Townships statewide. History. Richland was one of the original three townships of Clinton County. It was erected by the County Commissioners on April 6, 1810 with the boundaries: On August 10, 1813, the Commissioners defined the boundaries more precisely: The townships of Wilson , Wayne, and Green were created entirely from Richland Township. Parts of Union and Green were taken from it on August 21, 1813. On July 15, 1817, part was taken to create Liberty Township. In March 1837, Wayne Township was erected from it and Wilson in August 1850. 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.