Pitt Township is one of the thirteen townships

Civil township

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 of Wyandot County

Wyandot County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 22,908 people, 8,882 households, and 6,270 families residing in the county. The population density was 56 people per square mile . There were 9,324 housing units at an average density of 23 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 1,036 people in the township, 833 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Crane Township
  Crane Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Crane Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,394 people in the township, 861 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Antrim Township
  Antrim Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Antrim Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,275 people in the township, 736 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Grand Township, Marion County
  Grand Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Grand Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 385 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Salt Rock Township, Marion County
  Salt Rock Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Salt Rock Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 699 people in the township, 311 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Marseilles Township
  Marseilles Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Marseilles Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 446 people in the township, 322 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Mifflin Township
  Mifflin Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Mifflin Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 705 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Salem Township - north...
  
   - northwest

The village of Harpster

Harpster, Ohio

Harpster is a village in Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The population was 203 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Harpster is located at ....

is located in central Pitt 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.