Spencer Township is one of the eleven townships

Civil township

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 of Lucas County

Lucas County, Ohio

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, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,708 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Richfield Township
  Richfield Township, Lucas County, Ohio
  Richfield Township is one of the eleven townships of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,573 people in the township, 1,308 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Sylvania Township
  Sylvania Township, Lucas County, Ohio
  Sylvania Township is one of the eleven townships of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the total population was 44,253, making it the second most populous county subdivision of Lucas County, as well as the third most populous in all of northwest Ohio and the 419 / 567 area codes...
  
   - northeast
• Springfield Township
  Springfield Township, Lucas County, Ohio
  Springfield Township is one of the eleven townships of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the total population is 24,123, making it the third most populous part of Lucas County, behind Toledo and Sylvania Township. The township's population growth was up 20.3% between the 1990 and 2000...
  
   - east
• Monclova Township
  Monclova Township, Lucas County, Ohio
  Monclova Township is one of the eleven townships of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,767 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:...
  
   - southeast
• Swanton Township
  Swanton Township, Lucas County, Ohio
  Swanton Township is one of the eleven townships of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,354 people in the township, 3,330 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Harding Township
  Harding Township, Lucas County, Ohio
  Harding Township is one of the eleven townships of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 724 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Fulton Township, Fulton County
  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:...
  
   - west
• Amboy Township, Fulton County
  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:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Spencer Township.

Name

Statewide, other Spencer Townships are located in Allen

Spencer Township, Allen County, Ohio

Spencer Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,106 people in the township, 871 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, Guernsey

Spencer Township, Guernsey County, Ohio

Spencer Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,058 people in the township, 656 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, and Medina

Spencer Township, Medina County, Ohio

Spencer Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,429 people in the township, 1,682 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.

External links

• Spencer Township Fire Department
• County website