Granville Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Mercer County

Mercer County, Ohio

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, Ohio

Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,885 people in the township, 1,434 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Butler Township
  Butler Township, Mercer County, Ohio
  Butler Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,459 people in the township, 1,977 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Marion Township
  Marion Township, Mercer County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,969 people in the township, 2,605 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Wabash Township, Darke County
  Wabash Township, Darke County, Ohio
  Wabash Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 934 people in the township, 725 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Allen Township, Darke County
  Allen Township, Darke County, Ohio
  Allen Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,158 people in the township, 725 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Gibson Township
  Gibson Township, Mercer County, Ohio
  Gibson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,869 people in the township, 997 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Recovery Township
  Recovery Township, Mercer County, Ohio
  Recovery Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,550 people in the township, 1,149 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

Two incorporated villages are located in Granville Township: part of Burkettsville

Burkettsville, Ohio

Burkettsville is a village in Darke and Mercer counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 254 at the 2000 census.-History:Burkettsville was founded after the construction of a railroad line through northern Darke County in 1883...

 in the south, and St. Henry

St. Henry, Ohio

St. Henry is a village in Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,271 at the 2000 census.-History:Located at the center of the village is St. Henry's Catholic Church. Completed in 1897, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.-Geography:St. Henry is located at...

 in the north.

Name and history

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

Granville Township, Licking County, Ohio

Granville Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,994 people in the township, 5,827 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.