Rome Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Athens County

Athens County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 62,223 people, 22,501 households, and 12,713 families residing in the county. The population density was 123 people per square mile . There were 24,901 housing units at an average density of 49 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,400 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Bern Township
  Bern Township, Athens County, Ohio
  Bern Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 519 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Wesley Township, Washington County
  Wesley Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Wesley Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 915 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the far western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Decatur Township, Washington County
  Decatur Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Decatur Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,181 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Troy Township
  Troy Township, Athens County, Ohio
  Troy Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,712 people in the township, 2,184 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Carthage Township
  Carthage Township, Athens County, Ohio
  Carthage Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,467 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Lodi Township
  Lodi Township, Athens County, Ohio
  Lodi Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,403 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Canaan Township - north...
  
   - southwest corner
• Canaan Township
  Canaan Township, Athens County, Ohio
  Canaan Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,780 people in the township, 1,472 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Ames Township
  Ames Township, Athens County, Ohio
  Ames Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,231 people in the township, 1,047 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Rome Township, although two unincorporated communities

Unincorporated area

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 lie in the township: Guysville

Guysville, Ohio

Guysville is an unincorporated community in southern Rome Township, Athens County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45735.The town is located on the Hocking River at the junction of U.S...

 in the south, and Stewart

Stewart, Ohio

Stewart is an unincorporated community in central Rome Township, Athens County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45778.-Geography:...

 in the center.

Name and history

Statewide, other Rome Townships are located in Ashtabula

Rome Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

Rome Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,568 people in the township, 919 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

 and Lawrence

Rome Township, Lawrence County, Ohio

Rome Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,694 people in the township, 8,366 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

Counties.

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.