Lafayette Township is one of the twenty-two townships

Civil township

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 of Coshocton County

Coshocton County, Ohio

Coshocton County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 36,901. Its county seat is Coshocton. Its name comes from the Delaware Indian language and has been translated as "union of waters" or "black bear crossing".The Coshocton...

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 4,285 people in the township, 1,972 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• White Eyes Township
  White Eyes Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  White Eyes Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,078 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Adams Township
  Adams Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Adams Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 755 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the far eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Oxford Township
  Oxford Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Oxford Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,560 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the far eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Linton Township
  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:...
  
   - south
• Franklin Township
  Franklin Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,286 people in the township, 922 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Tuscarawas Township
  Tuscarawas Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Tuscarawas Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,798 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the south central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Keene Township
  Keene Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Keene Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,689 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the north central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

The village of West Lafayette

West Lafayette, Ohio

West Lafayette is a village in Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,313 at the 2000 census.-History:West Lafayette was laid out in 1850 by Robert Shaw and William Wheeler. In 1855, the Steubenville and Indiana Railroad was built through the new town...

 is located in northeastern Lafayette Township.

Name and history

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

Lafayette Township, Medina County, Ohio

Lafayette Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,329 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*York 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.