Trimble Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Athens County

Athens County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 62,223 people, 22,501 households, and 12,713 families residing in the county. The population density was 123 people per square mile . There were 24,901 housing units at an average density of 49 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 4,710 people in the township, 1,728 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Monroe Township, Perry County
  Monroe Township, Perry County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,565 people in the township, 926 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Homer Township, Morgan County
  Homer Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Homer Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 976 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:*Union Township - north...
  
   - east
• Ames Township
  Ames Township, Athens County, Ohio
  Ames Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,231 people in the township, 1,047 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Dover Township
  Dover Township, Athens County, Ohio
  Dover Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,797 people in the township, 2,730 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• York Township
  York Township, Athens County, Ohio
  York Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,740 people in the township, 1,947 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Ward Township, Hocking County
  Ward Township, Hocking County, Ohio
  Ward Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,937 people in the township, 1,474 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Coal Township, Perry County
  Coal Township, Perry County, Ohio
  Coal Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,106 people in the township, 332 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

The farthest north township in Athens County, it is the only county township to border Perry County.

Three villages are located in eastern Trimble Township: Glouster

Glouster, Ohio

Glouster is a village in Athens County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,972 at the 2000 census. It is close to Burr Oak State Park.-History:...

 in the north, Trimble

Trimble, Ohio

Trimble is a village in Athens County, Ohio, United States. The population was 466 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Trimble is located at , along Sunday Creek....

 in the center, and Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Ohio

Jacksonville is a village in Athens County, Ohio, United States. The population was 544 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Jacksonville is located at , along Sunday Creek....

in the south.

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.