Riley Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...

 of Sandusky County

Sandusky County, Ohio

Sandusky County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 60,944. Its county seat is Fremont and it is named for a native word meaning "water" ....

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. As of the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

, 1,302 people lived in the township.

Geography

Located in the northeastern part of the county along Sandusky Bay

Sandusky Bay

Sandusky Bay is a body of water situated in between Erie, Ottawa, and Sandusky counties in the U.S. state of Ohio and just to the south of Lake Erie. Sandusky Bay runs from Muddy Creek Bay to Cedar Point, which is part of Sandusky....

, it borders the following townships:

• Bay Township, Ottawa County
  Bay Township, Ottawa County, Ohio
  Bay Township is one of the twelve townships of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,294 people in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north, across Sandusky Bay
• Portage Township, Ottawa County
  Portage Township, Ottawa County, Ohio
  Portage Township is one of the twelve townships of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,634 people in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner, across Sandusky Bay, north of Margarette Township
• Margaretta Township, Erie County
  Margaretta Township, Erie County, Ohio
  Margaretta Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area...
  
   - northeast, across Sandusky Bay, south of Portage Township
• Townsend Township
  Townsend Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Townsend Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 1,670 people lived in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• York Township
  York Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  York Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 2,512 people lived in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Green Creek Township
  Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Green Creek Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 9,527 people lived in the township, 3,467 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Ballville Township
  Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Ballville Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 6,395 people lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Sandusky Township
  Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Sandusky Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 4,087 people lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Rice Township
  Rice Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Rice Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 1,437 people lived in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county along Sandusky Bay, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Riley Township.

Name and history

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

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:...

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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.