Knox Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Holmes County

Holmes County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 38,943 people, 11,337 households, and 9,194 families residing in the county. The population density was 92 people per square mile . There were 12,280 housing units at an average density of 29 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,095 people in the township, 1,060 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,614 people in the township, 1,419 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Ripley Township
  Ripley Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Ripley Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,194 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Monroe Township
  Monroe Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,401 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the west central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Richland Township
  Richland Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Richland Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,165 people in the township, 882 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Jefferson Township, Knox County
  Jefferson Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 604 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Hanover Township, Ashland County
  Hanover Township, Ashland County, Ohio
  Hanover Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,520 people in the township, 1,081 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

Part of the village of Nashville

Nashville, Ohio

Nashville is a village in Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The population was 172 at the 2000 census. It is the site since 1978 of the annual, patriotic "Guadalcanal Day" event, held the first Saturday of August. Reigning and perennial champion Kevin Swan is expected to hold that position for...

is located in northern 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.