Springfield Township is one of the ten townships

Civil township

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 of Clark County

Clark County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 144,742 people, 56,648 households, and 39,370 families residing in the county. The population density was 362 people per square mile . There were 61,056 housing units at an average density of 153 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. 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...

 found 13,424 people in the township.

Geography

Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Moorefield Township
  Moorefield Township, Clark County, Ohio
  Moorefield Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 11,402 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Harmony Township
  Harmony Township, Clark County, Ohio
  Harmony Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,548 people in the township, 3,079 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Madison Township
  Madison Township, Clark County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,796 people in the township, 946 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Green Township
  Green Township, Clark County, Ohio
  Green Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,736 people in the township, 2,687 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Mad River Township
  Mad River Township, Clark County, Ohio
  Mad River Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 11,828 people in the township, 9,190 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Bethel Township
  Bethel Township, Clark County, Ohio
  Bethel Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 18,962 people in the township, 12,934 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• German Township
  German Township, Clark County, Ohio
  German Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,336 people in the township, 7,012 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

Most of the township is occupied by the city of Springfield

Springfield, Ohio

Springfield is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Clark County. The municipality is located in southwestern Ohio and is situated on the Mad River, Buck Creek and Beaver Creek, approximately west of Columbus and northeast of Dayton. Springfield is home to Wittenberg...

, the county seat

County seat

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 of Clark County.

Name and history

It is one of eleven Springfield Townships statewide

Springfield Township, Ohio

Springfield Township, Ohio may refer to:*Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio*Springfield Township, Gallia County, Ohio*Springfield Township, Hamilton County, Ohio*Springfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio*Springfield Township, Lucas County, Ohio...

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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.