Highland Township is one of the twenty-five townships

Civil township

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 of Muskingum County

Muskingum County, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 848 people in the township.

Geography

Located on the eastern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Monroe Township
  Monroe Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 439 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Knox Township, Guernsey County
  Knox Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Knox Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 532 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Adams Township, Guernsey County
  Adams Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Adams Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,019 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Knox Township - north...
  
   - east
• Westland Township, Guernsey County
  Westland Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Westland Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,931 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Union Township
  Union Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,359 people in the township, 1,595 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Perry Township
  Perry Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,420 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the east central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Salem Township
  Salem Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Salem Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 830 people in the township, 703 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Adams Township
  Adams Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Adams Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 516 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the northern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Highland Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Highland Township is located in Defiance County

Highland Township, Defiance County, Ohio

Highland Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,658 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...

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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.