German Township, Clark County, Ohio

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Cemeteries

Active Cemeteries:
Lawrenceville Cemetery (Trustee Kaffenbarger oversees Lawrenceville Cemetery)
Mt. Calvary Cemetery (Trustee Clark oversees Mt. Calvary Cemetery*)
*The Old Section of Mt. Calvary Cemetery is within the Village of Tremont City

Cemetery Lots (lots only available in the Griest Section of Lawrenceville Cemetery and the Torbert Memorial Garden Section of Mt. Calvary Cemetery):
Half Lot (one grave) – $500.00
One Lot (two graves) – $800.00
Two Lots (five graves) – $1600.00

**Lawrenceville Cemetery, Griest Section & Mount Calvary Cemetery, Torbert Memorial Garden Section ONLY allow flat grave markers.**

Cemetery Fee Schedule

German Township, Clark County Cemetery Regulations

Inactive Cemeteries (Trustee Wolfarth oversees all inactive cemeteries in German Township):
Callison Cemetery
Gard/Rector Cemetery (only a portion is in German Twp – mostly in Champaign County, Mad River Twp)
Jerusalem (Frierwood) Cemetery
Mt. Zion Cemetery
Ream Cemetery
Sims Chapel Cemetery

 

Northwestern Local School District maintains Flick Cemetery (on Northwestern School grounds; in front of the elementary building)

 

Any questions regarding the township cemeteries can be directed to the Township Office, 937-964-1661. Office hours are M-F 8:30am-12:30pm.

 

 

History of German Township

German Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,336 people in the township, 7,012 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. The township covers approximately 34 square miles. It is one of five German Townships in the state of Ohio.

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.