Jennings Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Putnam County

Putnam County, Ohio

Putnam County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 34,499. The name is in honor of Israel Putnam, who was a hero in the French and Indian War and a general in the American Revolutionary War. Its county seat is...

, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,968 people in the township, 1,536 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Putnam County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 939 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Perry Township - north...
  
   - north
• Union Township
  Union Township, Putnam County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,557 people in the township, 1,526 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Sugar Creek Township
  Sugar Creek Township, Putnam County, Ohio
  Sugar Creek Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,156 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Union Township - north...
  
   - east
• Sugar Creek Township, Allen County
  Sugar Creek Township, Allen County, Ohio
  Sugar Creek Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,330 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Marion Township, Allen County
  Marion Township, Allen County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,773 people in the township, 2,872 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Washington Township, Van Wert County
  Washington Township, Van Wert County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the twelve townships of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,228 people in the township, 1,592 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Monterey Township
  Monterey Township, Putnam County, Ohio
  Monterey Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,056 people in the township, 1,183 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

The village of Fort Jennings

Fort Jennings, Ohio

Fort Jennings is a village in the southwestern corner of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The population was 432 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Fort Jennings is located at ....

 is located in northwestern Jennings Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Jennings Township is located in Van Wert County

Jennings Township, Van Wert County, Ohio

Jennings Township is one of the twelve townships of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 695 people in the township, 623 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

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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.