Knox Township is one of the nineteen townships

Civil township

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 of Guernsey County

Guernsey County, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 532 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Wheeling Township
  Wheeling Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Wheeling Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 752 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,068 people in the township, 878 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Cambridge Township
  Cambridge Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Cambridge Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 15,505 people in the township, 3,985 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Adams Township
  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...
  
   - south
• Highland Township, Muskingum County
  Highland Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Highland Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 848 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the eastern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Monroe Township, Muskingum County
  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:...
  
   - west
• Linton Township, Coshocton County
  Linton Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Linton Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 632 people in the township, 474 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
  - northwest

No municipalities are located in Knox 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.