Buck Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Hardin County

Hardin County, Ohio

Hardin County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 32,058. Its county seat is Kenton and is named for John Hardin, an officer in the American Revolution.-Geography:According to the U.S...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,441 people in the township, 1,051 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Pleasant Township
  Pleasant Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Pleasant Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,608 people in the township, 1,662 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Dudley Township
  Dudley Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Dudley Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,257 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Goshen Township - north...
  
   - east
• Hale Township
  Hale Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Hale Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,559 people in the township, 705 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Taylor Creek Township
  Taylor Creek Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Taylor Creek Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 517 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Lynn Township
  Lynn Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Lynn Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 629 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Cessna Township - north...
  
   - west
• Cessna Township
  Cessna Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Cessna Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 519 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Washington Township - north...
  
   - northwest

Part of the city of Kenton

Kenton, Ohio

Kenton is a city in and the county seat of Hardin County, Ohio, United States, along the Scioto River. The population was 8,262 at the 2010 census. It is named for Kentucky/Ohio frontiersman, Simon Kenton...

, the county seat

County seat

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 of Hardin County, is located in northern Buck Township.

Name and history

It is the only Buck Township statewide, although there is a Bucks Township in Tuscarawas County

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:...

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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.