Royalton Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Fulton County

Fulton County, Ohio

Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 42,698. Its county seat is Wauseon. Fulton County is named for Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat....

, 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 1,502 people in the township, 943 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county along the Michigan

Michigan

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 line, it borders the following townships:

• Fairfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan
  Fairfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan
  Fairfield Township is a civil township of Lenawee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 1,756.- Communities :...
  
   - north
• Ogden Township, Lenawee County
  Ogden Township, Michigan
  Ogden Township is a civil township of Lenawee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,063 as of the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all land.-Demographics:...
  
  , Michigan
  Michigan
  Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
  
   - northeast corner
• Amboy Township
  Amboy Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  Amboy Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,552 people in the township, 989 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Fulton Township
  Fulton Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  Fulton Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,261 people in the township, 1,618 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Pike Township
  Pike Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  Pike Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,738 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Royalton Township - north...
  
   - south
• Chesterfield Township
  Chesterfield Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  Chesterfield Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,050 people in the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Seneca Township, Lenawee County
  Seneca Township, Michigan
  Seneca Township is a civil township of Lenawee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,303 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census...
  
  , Michigan
  Michigan
  Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
  
   - northwest corner

The village of Lyons

Lyons, Ohio

Lyons is a village in Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 559 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lyons is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....

is located in northern Royalton 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.