Canaan Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Morrow County

Morrow County, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 897 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Tully Township, Marion County
  Tully Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Tully Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 738 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,227 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Cardington Township
  Cardington Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  Cardington Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,790 people in the township, 960 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Gilead Township
  Gilead Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  Gilead Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,868 people in the township, 2,141 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Richland Township, Marion County
  Richland Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Richland Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,663 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Claridon Township, Marion County
  Claridon Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Claridon Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,587 people in the township, 2,009 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Scott Township, Marion County
  Scott Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Scott Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 521 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Canaan Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Canaan Townships are located in Athens

Canaan Township, Athens County, Ohio

Canaan Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,780 people in the township, 1,472 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, Madison

Canaan Township, Madison County, Ohio

Canaan Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,496 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

, and Wayne

Canaan Township, Wayne County, Ohio

Canaan Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,736 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

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.