Richland Township is one of the fifteen townships

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 of Marion County

Marion County, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,663 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Claridon Township
  Claridon Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Claridon Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,587 people in the township, 2,009 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Canaan Township, Morrow County
  Canaan Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  Canaan Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 897 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Cardington Township, Morrow County
  Cardington Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  Cardington Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,790 people in the township, 960 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Westfield Township, Morrow County
  Westfield Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  Westfield Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,100 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Waldo Township
  Waldo Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Waldo Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,079 people in the township, 747 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Pleasant Township
  Pleasant Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Pleasant Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,368 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Marion Township - north...
  
   - west
• Marion Township
  Marion Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 44,908 people in the township, 9,590 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
  - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in 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.