Muskingum Township is one of the twenty-five townships

Civil township

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 of Muskingum County

Muskingum County, Ohio

Muskingum County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 86,074. Its county seat is Zanesville...

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Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,813 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Cass Township
  Cass Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Cass Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,492 people in the township, 1,419 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Madison Township
  Madison Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 487 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,284 people in the township.-Geography:Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Falls Township
  Falls Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Falls Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,585 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Licking Township
  Licking Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Licking Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,248 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the western edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west

No municipalities are located in Muskingum Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Muskingum Township is located in Washington County

Muskingum Township, Washington County, Ohio

Muskingum Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,627 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

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Emergency services

The Muskingum Township is protected by the Falls Township Fire Department, which provides Fire & EMS services to Falls Township, Muskingum Township and mutual aid for surrounding departments. Falls Township Fire Department currently has 3 stations.

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.

Education

Nashport Elementary, which is part of the Tri-Valley Local School District, is located on Creamery Road in Muskingum Township.