Tate Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Clermont County

Clermont County, Ohio

Clermont County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States, just east of Cincinnati. As of 2010, the population was 197,363. Its county seat is Batavia...

, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 8,935 people in the township, 6,298 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Williamsburg Township
  Williamsburg Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Williamsburg Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,005 people in the township, 2,647 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Pike Township, Brown County
  Pike Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Pike Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,742 people in the township, 2,995 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Clark Township, Brown County
  Clark Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Clark Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,165 people in the township, 2,650 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Lewis Township, Brown County
  Lewis Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Lewis Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,362 people in the township, 2,071 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Franklin Township
  Franklin Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,348 people in the township, 3,329 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,351 people in the township, 1,980 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Monroe Township
  Monroe Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,236 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Batavia Township
  Batavia Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Batavia Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 17,503 people in the township, 15,039 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

The village of Bethel

Bethel, Ohio

Bethel is a village in Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,637 at the 2000 census.Bethel was founded in 1798 by Obed Denham, in what was then the Northwest Territory....

is located in central Tate Township. Bethel is sometimes referred to as Bethel-Tate for this reason; an example of this would be the Bethel-Tate School District.

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

• County website
• Township website