Washington Township is one of the eleven
townships of
Hocking County
Hocking County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 28,050. Its county seat is Logan, Ohio, Logan. The county was organized on March 1, 1818, ...
,
Ohio, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 1,131.
Geography
Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Falls Township (southwestern portion) - north
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Green Township - northeast
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Starr Township - east
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Brown Township, Vinton County - southeast corner
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Swan Township, Vinton County - south
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Benton Township - west
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Laurel Township - northwest
No municipalities are located in Washington Township, but it does contain the unincorporated communities of
Ewing
Ewing may refer to:
People
* Ewing (surname)
* Ewing (given name)
Places
;United States
* Ewing Township, Boone County, Arkansas
* Ewing, Illinois, a village
* Ewing Township, Franklin County, Illinois
* Ewing, Indiana, an unincorporated communi ...
and
Ilesboro.
Name and history
It is one of forty-three
Washington Townships statewide.
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,
§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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
External links
County website
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Townships in Hocking County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio