Huntington Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Brown County

Brown County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 42,285 people, 15,555 households, and 11,790 families residing in the county. The population density was 86 people per square mile . There were 17,193 housing units at an average density of 35 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 2,968 people in the township, 1,365 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

The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. At the confluence, the Ohio is even bigger than the Mississippi and, thus, is hydrologically the main stream of the whole river system, including the Allegheny River further upstream...

, it borders the following townships:

• Byrd Township
  Byrd Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Byrd Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 740 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Jackson Township - north...
  
   - north
• Liberty Township, Adams County
  Liberty Township, Adams County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,816 people in the township, 1,776 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Sprigg Township, Adams County
  Sprigg Township, Adams County, Ohio
  Sprigg Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,639 people in the township, 1,638 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Union Township
  Union Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,015 people in the township, 1,270 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

Mason County, Kentucky

Mason County, Kentucky

Mason County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 16,800. Its county seat is Maysville. The county is named for George Mason, a Virginia delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention, known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights"...

 lies across the Ohio River to the southwest.

It is the most southerly township in Brown County.

The village of Aberdeen

Aberdeen, Ohio

Aberdeen is a village in Brown County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 1,603 at the 2000 census.Aberdeen is connected to Maysville, Kentucky by the Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge to downtown Maysville and the William H. Harsha Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge completed in...

 is located in southwestern Huntington Township, along the Ohio River.

Name and history

Statewide, other Huntington Townships are located in Gallia

Huntington Township, Gallia County, Ohio

Huntington Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,511 people in the township, 1,187 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, Lorain

Huntington Township, Lorain County, Ohio

Huntington Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,282 people in the township.-Geography:Located in southeastern Lorain County, it borders the following townships:*Wellington Township - north...

, and Ross

Huntington Township, Ross County, Ohio

Huntington Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,018 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Scioto Township - north...

Counties.

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.