Green Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Adams County

Adams County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 27,330 people, 10,501 households, and 7,613 families residing in the county. The population density was 47 people per square mile . There were 11,822 housing units at an average density of 20 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 782 people in the township, 665 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county along the Ohio River

Ohio River

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, it borders the following townships:

• Brush Creek Township
  Brush Creek Township, Adams County, Ohio
  Brush Creek Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,231 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Meigs Township - north...
  
   - north
• Jefferson Township
  Jefferson Township, Adams County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,024 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Meigs Township - north...
  
   - northeast
• Nile Township, Scioto County
  Nile Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Nile Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,024 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Monroe Township
  Monroe Township, Adams County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 735 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west

Lewis County, Kentucky

Lewis County, Kentucky

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 lies across the Ohio River to the southwest.

It is the most southerly township in Adams County.

The village of Rome

Rome, Ohio

Rome is a village in Adams County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 117 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Rome is located at ....

is located in central Green Township along the Ohio River.

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.