Cass Township is one of the twenty-five townships

Civil township

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 of Muskingum County

Muskingum County, Ohio

Muskingum County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 86,074. Its county seat is Zanesville...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,492 people in the township, 1,419 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located on the northern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Washington Township, Coshocton County
  Washington Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 629 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north, west of Virginia Township
• Virginia Township, Coshocton County
  Virginia Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Virginia Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 636 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north, east of Washington Township
• Franklin Township, Coshocton County
  Franklin Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,286 people in the township, 922 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Adams Township
  Adams Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Adams Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 516 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the northern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - far east
• Madison Township
  Madison Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 487 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Jefferson Township
  Jefferson Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,766 people in the township, 416 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Muskingum Township
  Muskingum Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Muskingum Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,813 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the north central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Licking Township
  Licking Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Licking Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,248 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the western edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,221 people in the township, 1,020 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Pike Township, Coshocton County
  Pike Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Pike Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 550 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

A small part of the village of Dresden

Dresden, Ohio

Dresden is a village in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States, along the Muskingum River at the mouth of Wakatomika Creek. It was incorporated on March 9, 1835...

 is located in central Cass Township. Furthermore, two unincorporated communities

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 lie in the township: Adams Mills

Adams Mills, Ohio

Adams Mills is a small unincorporated community in northeastern Cass Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. It is located on State Route 16 four miles northeast of Dresden...

 in the northeast, and Trinway

Trinway, Ohio

Trinway is an unincorporated community in northern Cass Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, United States, in the east-central part of the state. The village is 52 miles east of the state capital of Columbus and near the town of Dresden...

 in the north.

Name and history

Statewide, other Cass Townships are located in Hancock

Cass Township, Hancock County, Ohio

Cass Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,098 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

 and Richland

Cass Township, Richland County, Ohio

Cass Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...

Counties. The township is named for Major Johnathon Cass, who lived between Trinway and Adams Mills.

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.