Washington Township is one of the twelve
townships
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of
Sandusky County,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census, 2,315 people lived in the township.>
Geography
Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Harris Township, Ottawa County - north
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Salem Township, Ottawa County - northeast corner, north of Rice Township
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Rice Township - northeast, south of Salem Township
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Sandusky Township - east
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Ballville Township - southeast corner
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Jackson Township - south
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Scott Township - southwest corner
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Madison Township - west
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Woodville Township - northwest
Four villages are located in Washington Township:
*Part of
Elmore in the northwest
*Part of
Gibsonburg in the west
*Part of
Helena in the southwest
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Lindsey Lindsey may refer to :
Places Canada
* Lindsey Lake, Nova Scotia
England
* Parts of Lindsey, one of the historic Parts of Lincolnshire and an administrative county from 1889 to 1974
** East Lindsey, an administrative district in Lincolnshire, ...
in the northeast
Washington Township also contains the unincorporated community of
Hessville.
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
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' (ORC) contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments o ...
. 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 Sandusky County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio