Homer Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Morgan County

Morgan County, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 976 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Union Township
  Union Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 607 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Deerfield Township - north...
  
   - north
• Marion Township
  Marion Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,336 people in the township, 1,031 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Bern Township, Athens County
  Bern Township, Athens County, Ohio
  Bern Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 519 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Ames Township, Athens County
  Ames Township, Athens County, Ohio
  Ames Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,231 people in the township, 1,047 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Dover Township, Athens County
  Dover Township, Athens County, Ohio
  Dover Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,797 people in the township, 2,730 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Trimble Township, Athens County
  Trimble Township, Athens County, Ohio
  Trimble Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,710 people in the township, 1,728 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Monroe Township, Perry County
  Monroe Township, Perry County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,565 people in the township, 926 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Homer Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Homer Township is located in Medina County

Homer Township, Medina County, Ohio

Homer Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,461 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Spencer Township - north...

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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.

As of 2007, the trustees are Greg Cable, James Hogue, and Jim Keirns, and the clerk is Brenda Custer.