Bennington Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Morrow County

Morrow County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,663 people in the township, 2,366 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Harmony Township
  Harmony Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  Harmony Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,040 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Chester Township
  Chester Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  Chester Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,655 people in the township, 1,462 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• South Bloomfield Township
  South Bloomfield Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  South Bloomfield Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,609 people in the township, 1,418 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Hilliar Township, Knox County
  Hilliar Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Hilliar Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,080 people in the township, 1,648 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Porter Township, Delaware County
  Porter Township, Delaware County, Ohio
  Porter Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,696 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Kingston Township, Delaware County
  Kingston Township, Delaware County, Ohio
  Kingston Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,603 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Peru Township
  Peru Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  Peru Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,260 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Lincoln Township - north...
  
   - west
• Lincoln Township
  Lincoln Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  Lincoln Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,955 people in the township, 1,672 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

The village of Marengo

Marengo, Ohio

Marengo is a village in Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The population was 297 at the 2000 census. Marengo is south of Mount Gilead, the county seat.-Geography:Marengo is located at...

 is located in northwestern Bennington Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Bennington Township is located in Licking County

Bennington Township, Licking County, Ohio

Bennington Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,265 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the northern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...

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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.