Auburn Township is one of the twenty-two townships

Civil township

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 of Tuscarawas County

Tuscarawas County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,078 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Sugar Creek Township
  Sugar Creek Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Sugar Creek Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,894 people in the township, 1,720 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Dover Township
  Dover Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Dover Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,726 people in the township, 4,485 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• York Township
  York Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  York Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,292 people in the township.-Geography:Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Dover Township - north...
  
   - east
• Jefferson Township
  Jefferson Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 976 people in the township, 792 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Bucks Township
  Bucks Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Bucks Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,601 people in the township, 972 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Clark Township, Holmes County
  Clark Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Clark Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,728 people in the township, 3,614 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Auburn Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Auburn Townships are located in Crawford

Auburn Township, Crawford County, Ohio

Auburn Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 897 people in the township, 616 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

 and Geauga

Auburn Township, Geauga County, Ohio

Auburn Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,158 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:...

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. The current trustees are Bruce Hanna, Dale Krebs, and Ralph Sundheimer, Jr., and the fiscal officer is Alan Youngen.