Crane Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Paulding County

Paulding County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 20,293 people, 7,773 households, and 5,689 families residing in the county. The population density was 49 people per square mile . There were 8,478 housing units at an average density of 20 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,530 people in the township, 1,314 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Mark Township, Defiance County
  Mark Township, Defiance County, Ohio
  Mark Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 968 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Farmer Township - north...
  
   - north
• Delaware Township, Defiance County
  Delaware Township, Defiance County, Ohio
  Delaware Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,128 people in the township, 801 of whom lived in the village of Sherwood, and 1,327 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township....
  
   - northeast corner
• Emerald Township
  Emerald Township, Paulding County, Ohio
  Emerald Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 824 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Paulding County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,886 people in the township, 847 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Paulding Township
  Paulding Township, Paulding County, Ohio
  Paulding Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,008 people in the township, 1,086 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Harrison Township
  Harrison Township, Paulding County, Ohio
  Harrison Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,566 people in the township, 741 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Carryall Township
  Carryall Township, Paulding County, Ohio
  Carryall Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,046 people in the township, 1,306 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Hicksville Township, Defiance County
  Hicksville Township, Defiance County, Ohio
  Hicksville Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,003 people in the township, 3,649 of whom lived in the village of Hicksville, and 1,354 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:Located in the...
  
   - northwest corner

The village of Cecil

Cecil, Ohio

Cecil is a village in Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The population was 216 at the 2000 census.-History:A post office with the name Crane was established December 31, 1866; the name was changed to Cecil with effect from June 8, 1868.-Geography:...

 is located in northeastern Crane Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Crane Township is located in Wyandot County

Crane Township, Wyandot County, Ohio

Crane Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,394 people in the township, 861 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.

External links

• County court website