Richland Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Holmes County

Holmes County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 38,943 people, 11,337 households, and 9,194 families residing in the county. The population density was 92 people per square mile . There were 12,280 housing units at an average density of 29 per square mile...

, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,165 people in the township, 882 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Knox Township
  Knox Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Knox Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,095 people in the township, 1,060 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Monroe Township
  Monroe Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,401 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the west central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Killbuck Township
  Killbuck Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Killbuck Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,954 people in the township, 1,115 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Monroe Township, Coshocton County
  Monroe Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 452 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Tiverton Township, Coshocton County
  Tiverton Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Tiverton Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 348 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Union Township, Knox County
  Union Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,455 people in the township, 1,208 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Jefferson Township, Knox County
  Jefferson Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 604 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

The village of Glenmont

Glenmont, Ohio

Glenmont is a village in Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The population was 283 at the 2000 census.-History:In 1863 during the American Civil War, a riot by nearly 1,000 draft resisters in Glenmont was subdued by the Union Army in what became known as the Battle of Fort...

is located in northern Richland 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.