Bucks Township is one of the twenty-two townships

Civil township

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 of Tuscarawas County

Tuscarawas County, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,601 people in the township, 972 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Auburn Township
  Auburn Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Auburn Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,078 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• 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:...
  
   - east
• Salem Township
  Salem Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Salem Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,673 people in the township, 1,121 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Adams Township, Coshocton County
  Adams Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Adams Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 755 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the far eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• White Eyes Township, Coshocton County
  White Eyes Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  White Eyes Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,078 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Crawford Township, Coshocton County
  Crawford Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Crawford Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,594 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• 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

Part of the village of Baltic

Baltic, Ohio

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is located in the northwestern corner of Bucks Township.

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 Terry Mizer, Douglas Ott, and Gene Stein, and the fiscal officer is Amy Mizer.