Adams Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Seneca County

Seneca County, Ohio

Seneca County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 56,745. Its county seat is Tiffin and it is named for the Seneca Indians.The Tiffin Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Seneca County....

, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,337 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Green Creek Township, Sandusky County
  Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Green Creek Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 9,527 people lived in the township, 3,467 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• York Township, Sandusky County
  York Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  York Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 2,512 people lived in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Thompson Township
  Thompson Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Thompson Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,422 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Reed Township
  Reed Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Reed Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 949 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Thompson Township - north...
  
   - southeast corner
• Scipio Township - south
• Clinton Township
  Clinton Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Clinton Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,188 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Pleasant Township - north...
  
   - southwest corner
• Pleasant Township
  Pleasant Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Pleasant Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,685 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Ballville Township, Sandusky County
  Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Ballville Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 6,395 people lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

Part of the village of Green Springs

Green Springs, Ohio

Green Springs is a village in Sandusky and Seneca counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 1,247 at the 2000 census.Its "claim to fame" is Mineral Springs, the largest natural sulfur spring in the world. St. Francis Health Care Centre is located there.-History:The Green Springs area...

is located in northern Adams Township.

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, 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.