Bethlehem Township is one of the twenty-two townships

Civil township

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 of Coshocton County

Coshocton County, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,191 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Clark Township
  Clark Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Clark Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 594 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Mill Creek Township
  Mill Creek Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Mill Creek Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 747 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Keene Township
  Keene Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Keene Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,689 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the north central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,045 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the south central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Bedford Township
  Bedford Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Bedford Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 601 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Jefferson Township
  Jefferson Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,549 people in the township, 634 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Monroe Township
  Monroe Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 452 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Bethlehem Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Bethlehem Township is located in Stark County

Bethlehem Township, Stark County, Ohio

Bethlehem Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,650 people in the township, 4,210 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

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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.