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Pierce Township, Clermont County, Ohio
Township
Gaskins-Malany House
Location of Pierce Township in Clermont County
Coordinates: 39°1′23″N 84°15′53″W / 39.02306°N 84.26472°W / 39.02306; -84.26472
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Clermont
Area
• Total	23.1 sq mi (59.8 km)
• Land	22.9 sq mi (59.2 km)
• Water	0.2 sq mi (0.6 km)
Elevation	899 ft (274 m)
Population
• Total	15,096
• Density	628/sq mi (242.5/km)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-62540
GNIS feature ID	1085869
Website	piercetownship.org

Pierce Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 15,096 at the 2020 census.

Geography

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

• Union Township - north
• Batavia Township - northeast
• Monroe Township - southeast
• Ohio Township - south
• Anderson Township, Hamilton County - northwest

Campbell County, Kentucky lies across the Ohio River to the southwest.

Parts of the former village of Amelia (dissolved in 2019) are located in eastern Pierce Township. Part of the census-designated place of Withamsville is located in the township's northwest, and the unincorporated community of New Palestine is in the southwest of the township beside the river.

Name and history

It is the only Pierce Township statewide.

Pierce Township was established in 1853.

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.

References

1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
3. "Pierce township, Clermont County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
4. "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
5. "Welcome to Pierce Township!". Pierce Township, Clermont County, Ohio. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
6. §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

• Township website
• County website

v t e Municipalities and communities of Clermont County, Ohio, United States
County seat: Batavia
Cities	Loveland‡ Milford‡
Villages	Batavia Bethel Chilo Felicity Moscow Neville New Richmond Owensville Williamsburg
Townships	Batavia Franklin Goshen Jackson Miami Monroe Ohio Pierce Stonelick Tate Union Washington Wayne Williamsburg
CDPs	Amelia Day Heights Goshen Marathon Miamiville Mount Carmel Mount Repose Mulberry Summerside Withamsville
Unincorporated communities	Afton Bantam Belfast Blairsville Blowville Branch Hill Braziers Cedron Clermontville Clover Concord Edenton Elk Lick Grailville Hamlet Hennings Mill Hills Laurel Lerado Lindale Locust Corner Maple Milford Hills Modest Monterey Moores Fork Mount Carmel Heights Mount Forest Trails Mount Holly Mount Olive Mount Pisgah New Palestine Newtonsville Ninemile Nineveh Nicholsville Olive Branch Perintown Point Isabel Point Pleasant Pringle Corner Round Bottom Rural Saltair Shiloh Simpkinsville Springvale Stonelick Tobasco Utopia Wards Corner Wiggonsville Williams Corner Willowville Woodville
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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