Fulton 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....

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,261 people in the township, 1,618 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Amboy Township
  Amboy Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  Amboy Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,552 people in the township, 989 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Richfield Township, Lucas County
  Richfield Township, Lucas County, Ohio
  Richfield Township is one of the eleven townships of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,573 people in the township, 1,308 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Spencer Township, Lucas County
  Spencer Township, Lucas County, Ohio
  Spencer Township is one of the eleven townships of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,708 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Richfield Township - north...
  
   - east, north of Harding Township
• Harding Township, Lucas County
  Harding Township, Lucas County, Ohio
  Harding Township is one of the eleven townships of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 724 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east, south of Spencer Township
• Swanton Township, Lucas County
  Swanton Township, Lucas County, Ohio
  Swanton Township is one of the eleven townships of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,354 people in the township, 3,330 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Swan Creek Township
  Swan Creek Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  Swan Creek Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,461 people in the township, 6,306 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• 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:...
  
   - southwest corner
• 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...
  
   - west
• Royalton Township
  Royalton Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  Royalton Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,502 people in the township, 943 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

Part of the village of Swanton

Swanton, Ohio

Swanton is a village in Fulton and Lucas counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 3,690 at the 2010 census.-History:A.D. Baker, a steam engine inventor, ran a machine shop in Swanton from 1901 to 1953.-Geography:...

is located in southeastern Fulton Township.

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.