Palmer Township is one of the twenty-two townships

Civil township

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 of Washington County

Washington County, Ohio

Washington County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 61,778. Its county seat is Marietta. The county, the oldest in the state, is named for George Washington. Washington County is included in the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia-Ohio...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 625 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Watertown Township
  Watertown Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Watertown Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,563 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Barlow Township
  Barlow Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Barlow Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,417 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Fairfield Township
  Fairfield Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Fairfield Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,011 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Wesley Township
  Wesley Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Wesley Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 915 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the far western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Windsor Township, Morgan County
  Windsor Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Windsor Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,951 people in the township, 1,411 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Palmer Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Palmer Township is located in Putnam County

Palmer Township, Putnam County, Ohio

Palmer Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,143 people in the township, 1,007 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

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Within Palmer Township is located the Shinn Covered Bridge

Shinn Covered Bridge

The Shinn Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located in the countryside northeast of Bartlett in Washington County, this single-span truss bridge was built in 1886 by local carpenter Charles T. Shinn...

, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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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.