Delaware Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...

 of Defiance County

Defiance County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 39,500 people, 15,138 households, and 11,020 families residing in the county. The population density was 96 people per square mile . There were 16,040 housing units at an average density of 39 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 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.

Geography

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

• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Defiance County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,521 people in the township, 364 of whom lived in the village of Ney, and 1,157 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township....
  
   - north
• Tiffin Township
  Tiffin Township, Defiance County, Ohio
  Tiffin Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,705 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Noble Township
  Noble Township, Defiance County, Ohio
  Noble Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,171 people in the township, 3,897 of whom lived in the city of Defiance, and 2,274 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township....
  
   - east
• Defiance Township
  Defiance Township, Defiance County, Ohio
  Defiance Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 13,461 people in the township, 11,601 of whom lived in the city of Defiance, and 1,860 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern...
  
   - southeast
• Emerald Township, Paulding County
  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:...
  
   - south
• Crane Township, Paulding County
  Crane Township, Paulding County, Ohio
  Crane Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,530 people in the township, 1,314 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Mark Township
  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...
  
   - west
• Farmer Township
  Farmer Township, Defiance County, Ohio
  Farmer Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 932 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

The village of Sherwood

Sherwood, Ohio

Sherwood is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Ohio:*Sherwood, Defiance County, Ohio*Sherwood, Hamilton County, Ohio...

 is located in western Delaware Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Delaware Townships are located in Delaware

Delaware Township, Delaware County, Ohio

Delaware Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 26,149 people in the township, 1,559 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

 and Hancock

Delaware Township, Hancock County, Ohio

Delaware Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,229 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner 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.

Transportation

Significant highways in Delaware Township include:

• U.S. Route 24
  U.S. Route 24
  U.S. Route 24 is one of the original United States highways of 1926. It originally ran from Pontiac, Michigan, in the east to Kansas City, Missouri, in the west. Today, the highway's eastern terminus is west of Clarkston, Michigan, at an intersection with I-75 and its western terminus is near...
  
  , which travels east-west through the southern half of the township
• U.S. Route 127
  U.S. Route 127
  U.S. Route 127 is a long north–south United States highway in the eastern half of the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 27 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The northern terminus is at Interstate 75 near Grayling, Michigan...
  
  , which travels north-south through Sherwood in the western half of the township
• State Route 18, which travels east-west through the center of the township