Washington Township, Wood County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Washington Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Washington Township in Wood County


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Wood

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area_total_km2 = 55.6
area_land_km2 = 54.2
area_water_km2 = 1.5
area_total_sq_mi = 21.5
area_land_sq_mi = 20.9
area_water_sq_mi = 0.6

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1688
population_density_km2 = 31.2
population_density_sq_mi = 80.7

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 203
elevation_ft = 666
latd = 41 |latm = 25 |lats = 23 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 45 |longs = 35 |longEW = W

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Washington Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,688 people in the township, 1,324 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39173 Wood County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northwestern part of the county along the Maumee River, it borders the following townships:
*Waterville Township, Lucas County - north
*Middleton Township - northeast
*Plain Township - southeast
*Weston Township - southwest
*Grand Rapids Township - west
*Providence Township, Lucas County - northwest

The village of Tontogany is located in Washington Township.

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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

* [http://www.co.wood.oh.us County website]