Tod Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Crawford County

Crawford 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 739 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Texas Township
  Texas Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Texas Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 409 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Lykens Township
  Lykens Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Lykens Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 649 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Holmes Township
  Holmes Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Holmes Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,330 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Bucyrus Township
  Bucyrus Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Bucyrus Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 828 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Dallas Township
  Dallas Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Dallas Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 455 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:*Tod Township - north...
  
   - south
• Antrim Township, Wyandot County
  Antrim Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Antrim Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,275 people in the township, 736 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Eden Township, Wyandot County
  Eden Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Eden Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,026 people in the township, 751 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Sycamore Township, Wyandot County
  Sycamore Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Sycamore Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,598 people in the township, 684 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

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

Unincorporated area

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 of Oceola

Oceola, Ohio

Oceola is a census-designated place in central Tod Township, Crawford County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44860. It is located along the road that was U.S. Route 30 until it was recently upgraded to a freeway.-References:...

lies in the center of the 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.