Granville Township is one of the twenty-five townships

Civil township

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 of Licking County

Licking County, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 8,994 people in the township, 5,827 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships and city:

• McKean Township
  McKean Township, Licking County, Ohio
  McKean Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,516 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Newton Township
  Newton Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Newton Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,111 people in the township, 2,765 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Newark Township
  Newark Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Newark Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,976 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships and city:...
  
   - east
• Newark
  Newark, Ohio
  In addition, the remains of a road leading south from the Octagon have been documented and explored. It was first surveyed in the 19th century, when its walls were more apparent. Called the Great Hopewell Road, it may extend to the Hopewell complex at Chillicothe, Ohio...
  
   - southeast
• Union Township
  Union Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,339 people in the township, 3,259 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Harrison Township
  Harrison Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Harrison Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,494 people in the township, 5,974 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• St. Albans Township
  St. Albans Township, Licking County, Ohio
  St. Albans Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,060 people in the township, 1,975 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,797 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

Several populated places are located in Granville Township:

• Part of the city of Newark, the county seat
  County seat
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   of Licking County, in the southeast
• The village of Granville
  Granville, Ohio
  As of the census of 2000, there were 3,167 people, 1,309 households, and 888 families residing in the village. The population density was 790.4 people per square mile . There were 1,384 housing units at an average density of 345.4 per square mile...
  
  , in the east and center
• The census-designated place
  Census-designated place
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   of Granville South
  Granville South, Ohio
  Granville South is a census-designated place in Licking County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,194 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Granville South is located at ....
  
  , in the southwest

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Granville Township is located in Mercer County

Granville Township, Mercer County, Ohio

Granville Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,885 people in the township, 1,434 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

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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.