Dudley Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Hardin County

Hardin County, Ohio

Hardin County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 32,058. Its county seat is Kenton and is named for John Hardin, an officer in the American Revolution.-Geography:According to the U.S...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,257 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Goshen Township
  Goshen Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Goshen Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 585 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Grand Township, Marion County
  Grand Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Grand Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 385 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Montgomery Township, Marion County
  Montgomery Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Montgomery Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,498 people in the township, 1,175 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Bowling Green Township, Marion County
  Bowling Green Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Bowling Green Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 569 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Hale Township
  Hale Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Hale Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,559 people in the township, 705 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Buck Township
  Buck Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Buck Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,441 people in the township, 1,051 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Pleasant Township
  Pleasant Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Pleasant Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,608 people in the township, 1,662 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

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

Unincorporated area

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 of Hepburn

Hepburn, Ohio

Hepburn is an unincorporated community in northern Dudley Township, Hardin County, Ohio, United States. It lies at the intersection of County Roads 144 and 227, 7½ miles east of the center of the city of Kenton, the county seat of Hardin County. Along the south side of the community runs the...

lies in the township's north.

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.