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 mi˛ (111 km˛). 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.
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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).
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