Holmes Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Crawford County

Crawford County, Ohio

Crawford County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. It was named for Colonel William Crawford, a soldier during the American Revolution....

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,330 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Lykens Township
  Lykens Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Lykens Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 649 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Chatfield Township
  Chatfield Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Chatfield Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 776 people in the township, 558 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,489 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Chatfield Township - north...
  
   - east
• Whetstone Township
  Whetstone Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Whetstone Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,365 people in the township, 2,218 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Bucyrus Township
  Bucyrus Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Bucyrus Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 828 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Tod Township
  Tod Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Tod Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 739 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Texas Township - north...
  
   - west
• Texas Township
  Texas Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Texas Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 409 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

A small part of the city of Bucyrus

Bucyrus, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 13,224 people, 5,559 households, and 3,552 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,812.0 people per square mile . There were 5,955 housing units at an average density of 816.0 per square mile...

, the county seat

County seat

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 of Crawford County, is located in southeastern Holmes Township, and the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Brokensword

Brokensword, Ohio

Brokensword is an unincorporated community on the border between the Holmes and Lykens Townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. Located at the intersection of the concurrent State Routes 19 and 100 with Brokensword Road, it is located 6 miles north and 2 miles west of the city of...

lies on the border with Lykens Township.

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.