Dover Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Fulton County

Fulton County, Ohio

Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 42,698. Its county seat is Wauseon. Fulton County is named for Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat....

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,468 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Chesterfield Township
  Chesterfield Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  Chesterfield Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,050 people in the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Pike Township
  Pike Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  Pike Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,738 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Royalton Township - north...
  
   - east
• York Township
  York Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  York Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,203 people in the township, 1,788 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Clinton Township
  Clinton Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  Clinton Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,280 people in the township, 2,189 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• German Township
  German Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  German Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,458 people in the township, 2,168 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Franklin Township
  Franklin Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 739 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Gorham Township - north...
  
   - west
• Gorham Township
  Gorham Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  Gorham Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,372 people in the township, 1,032 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

It is one of only two townships in the county without a border on another county.

No municipalities are located in Dover Township, although the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Tedrow

Tedrow, Ohio

Tedrow is an unincorporated community in southwestern Dover Township, Fulton County, Ohio, United States. It lies at the intersection of the east-west County Road J with the north-south County Roads 17-2 and 17-3, 3 miles north and 3½ miles west of the northern edge of the city of Wauseon, the...

 lies in the township's southwest.

Fulton County Airport, KUSE, is located in the eastern part of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Dover Townships are located in Athens

Dover Township, Athens County, Ohio

Dover Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,797 people in the township, 2,730 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, Tuscarawas

Dover Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Dover Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,726 people in the township, 4,485 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, and Union

Dover Township, Union County, Ohio

Dover Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,331 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Leesburg Township - north...

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.