Green Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Scioto County

Scioto County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 79,195 people, 30,871 households, and 21,362 families residing in the county. The population density was 129 people per square mile . There were 34,054 housing units at an average density of 56 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

 found 4,079 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the far south of the county along the Ohio River

Ohio River

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, it borders the following townships:

• Porter Township
  Porter Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Porter Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found people in the township, of whom lived in the unincorporated parts of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Vernon Township
  Vernon Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Vernon Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,855 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Bloom Township - north...
  
   - northeast
• Elizabeth Township, Lawrence County
  Elizabeth Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
  Elizabeth Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,914 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Hamilton Township, Lawrence County
  Hamilton Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
  Hamilton Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,817 people in the township, 792 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast

Greenup County, Kentucky

Greenup County, Kentucky

Greenup County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1804. As of 2000, the population was 36,891. Its county seat is Greenup. The county is named in honor of Christopher Greenup....

 lies across the Ohio River to the west.

No municipalities are located in Green Township, although the census-designated place

Census-designated place

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 of Franklin Furnace

Franklin Furnace, Ohio

Franklin Furnace is a census-designated place in Scioto County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 1,660 at the 2010 census. Franklin Furnace was the name of an early iron ore furnace built in eastern Scioto County in 1826. The community that grew in that area is named...

 lies in the northeastern part of the township, and the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Haverhill

Haverhill, Ohio

Haverhill is an unincorporated community in southern Green Township, Scioto County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45636. An Ohio River town, it is located below Hanging Rock and above Franklin Furnace.-References:...

 lies in the south of the township. Both of these communities are Ohio River towns.

Name and history

It is one of sixteen Green Townships statewide

Green Township, Ohio

Green Township, Ohio may refer to the following places in the U.S. state of Ohio:*Green Township, Adams County, Ohio*Green Township, Ashland County, Ohio*Green Township, Brown County, Ohio*Green Township, Clark County, Ohio...

.

Origins of Green Township date to between 1803 and 1811. The community of Haverhill was settled as early as 1797. The Powellsville community dates to July 31, 1846.

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.