Blanchard Township is one of the seventeen townships

Civil township

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 of Hancock County

Hancock County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,170 people in the township, 855 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Pleasant Township
  Pleasant Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Pleasant Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,473 people in the township, 797 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Portage Township
  Portage Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Portage Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 604 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,469 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Eagle Township
  Eagle Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Eagle Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,195 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Liberty Township - north...
  
   - southeast corner
• Union Township
  Union Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,726 people in the township, 1,058 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Riley Township, Putnam County
  Riley Township, Putnam County, Ohio
  Riley Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,191 people in the township, 1,003 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Blanchard Township, Putnam County
  Blanchard Township, Putnam County, Ohio
  Blanchard Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,232 people in the township, 1,062 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Van Buren Township, Putnam County
  Van Buren Township, Putnam County, Ohio
  Van Buren Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,128 people in the township, 721 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

The village of Benton Ridge

Benton Ridge, Ohio

Benton Ridge is a village in Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The population was 299 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Benton Ridge is located at ....

 is located in southeastern Blanchard Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Blanchard Townships are located in Hardin

Blanchard Township, Hardin County, Ohio

Blanchard Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,640 people in the township, 688 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

 and Putnam

Blanchard Township, Putnam County, Ohio

Blanchard Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,232 people in the township, 1,062 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.