Pleasant Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Putnam County

Putnam County, Ohio

Putnam County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 34,499. The name is in honor of Israel Putnam, who was a hero in the French and Indian War and a general in the American Revolutionary War. Its county seat is...

, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,955 people in the township, 1,755 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Ottawa Township
  Ottawa Township, Putnam County, Ohio
  Ottawa Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,961 people in the township, 2,675 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Blanchard Township
  Blanchard Township, Putnam County, Ohio
  Blanchard Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,232 people in the township, 1,062 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Riley Township
  Riley Township, Putnam County, Ohio
  Riley Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,191 people in the township, 1,003 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Richland Township, Allen County
  Richland Township, Allen County, Ohio
  Richland Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,090 people in the township, 2,015 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Monroe Township, Allen County
  Monroe Township, Allen County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,219 people in the township, 1,720 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Sugar Creek Township
  Sugar Creek Township, Putnam County, Ohio
  Sugar Creek Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,156 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Union Township - north...
  
   - southwest
• Union Township
  Union Township, Putnam County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,557 people in the township, 1,526 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west

The village of Columbus Grove

Columbus Grove, Ohio

Columbus Grove is a village in Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,200 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Columbus Grove is located at ....

is located in southern Pleasant 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.