Tiffin Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Defiance County

Defiance County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 39,500 people, 15,138 households, and 11,020 families residing in the county. The population density was 96 people per square mile . There were 16,040 housing units at an average density of 39 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, 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 1,705 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Springfield Township, Williams County
  Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
  Springfield Township is one of the twelve townships of Williams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,958 people in the township, 841 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Ridgeville Township, Henry County
  Ridgeville Township, Henry County, Ohio
  Ridgeville Township is one of the thirteen townships of Henry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,132 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Adams Township
  Adams Township, Defiance County, Ohio
  Adams Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 999 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Richland Township
  Richland Township, Defiance County, Ohio
  Richland Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,941 people in the township, 967 of whom lived in the city of Defiance, and 1,974 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township....
  
   - southeast
• Noble Township
  Noble Township, Defiance County, Ohio
  Noble Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,171 people in the township, 3,897 of whom lived in the city of Defiance, and 2,274 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township....
  
   - south
• Delaware Township
  Delaware Township, Defiance County, Ohio
  Delaware Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,128 people in the township, 801 of whom lived in the village of Sherwood, and 1,327 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township....
  
   - southwest corner
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Defiance County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,521 people in the township, 364 of whom lived in the village of Ney, and 1,157 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township....
  
   - west
• Pulaski Township, Williams County
  Pulaski Township, Williams County, Ohio
  Pulaski Township is one of the twelve townships of Williams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,628 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Tiffin Township, although the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Evansport

Evansport, Ohio

Evansport is an unincorporated community in northern Tiffin Township, Defiance County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43519. It is located approximately one mile south of U.S. Route 6....

 lies on its border with Springfield Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Tiffin Township is located in Adams County

Tiffin Township, Adams County, Ohio

Tiffin Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,075 people in the township, 5,075 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

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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.

Transportation

Two significant highways in Tiffin Township are State Route 15, which travels from northwest to southeast in the southwestern corner of the township; and State Route 66, which travels north-south through the eastern half of the township.