Flushing Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Belmont County

Belmont County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,990 people in the township, 745 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Moorefield Township, Harrison County
  Moorefield Township, Harrison County, Ohio
  Moorefield Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 420 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Athens Township, Harrison County
  Athens Township, Harrison County, Ohio
  Athens Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 520 people in the township, 187 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Wheeling Township
  Wheeling Township, Belmont County, Ohio
  Wheeling Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,477 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Union Township
  Union Township, Belmont County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,151 people in the township, 1,852 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Kirkwood Township
  Kirkwood Township, Belmont County, Ohio
  Kirkwood Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 353 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Flushing Township - north...
  
   - south
• Londonderry Township, Guernsey County
  Londonderry Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Londonderry Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 738 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Freeport Township, Harrison County
  Freeport Township, Harrison County, Ohio
  Freeport Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 763 people in the township, 365 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

Two villages are located in Flushing Township: Flushing

Flushing, Ohio

Flushing is a village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 900 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Flushing is located at ....

 in the east, and Holloway

Holloway, Ohio

Holloway is a village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 345 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Holloway is located at ....

in the 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.