Amanda Township is one of the thirteen townships

Civil township

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 of Fairfield County

Fairfield County, Ohio

Fairfield County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of 2010, the population was 146,156. Its county seat is Lancaster. Its name is a reference to the Fairfield area of the original Lancaster....

, Ohio

Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,429 people in the township, 1,722 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Bloom Township
  Bloom Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
  Bloom Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,374 people in the township, 5,765 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Greenfield Township
  Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
  Greenfield Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,944 people in the township, 4,465 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Hocking Township
  Hocking Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
  Hocking Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,812 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Madison Township
  Madison Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,385 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Clearcreek Township
  Clearcreek Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
  Clearcreek Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,411 people in the township, 2,830 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Washington Township, Pickaway County
  Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,951 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Walnut Township, Pickaway County
  Walnut Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
  Walnut Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,428 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Madison Township, Pickaway County
  Madison Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,461 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

The village of Amanda

Amanda, Ohio

Amanda is a village in Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The population was 707 at the 2000 census. Amanda was the birthplace of Thomas Sterling, a Republican in the United States Senate from 1913 to 1925.-Geography:...

 is located in southeastern Amanda Township, and the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 of Royalton

Royalton, Ohio

Royalton is an unincorporated community in northern Amanda Township, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. It lies at the intersection of Royalton and Amanda-Northern Roads. Located in the west of the county, it lies approximately 9 miles west of central Lancaster and 6 miles north of the...

 lies in the northern part of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Amanda Townships are located in Allen

Amanda Township, Allen County, Ohio

Amanda Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,913 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Marion Township - north...

 and Hancock

Amanda Township, Hancock County, Ohio

Amanda Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,045 people in the township, 674 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

Counties.

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.