Twin Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Ross County

Ross County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 73,345 people, 27,136 households, and 19,185 families residing in the county. The population density was 106 people per square mile . There were 29,461 housing units at an average density of 43 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,146 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Concord Township
  Concord Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Concord Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,107 people in the township, 3,096 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Union Township
  Union Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 11,750 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast, north of Scioto Township
• Scioto Township
  Scioto Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Scioto Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 27,735 people in the township, 5,940 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast, south of Union Township
• Huntington Township
  Huntington Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Huntington Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,018 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Scioto Township - north...
  
   - east
• Pebble Township, Pike County
  Pebble Township, Pike County, Ohio
  Pebble Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,416 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Benton Township, Pike County
  Benton Township, Pike County, Ohio
  Benton Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,520 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Paxton Township
  Paxton Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Paxton Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,165 people in the township, 1,153 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Paint Township
  Paint Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Paint Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,169 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Buckskin Township - north...
  
   - west
• Buckskin Township
  Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Buckskin Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,040 people in the township, 827 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

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

Unincorporated area

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 of Bourneville

Bourneville, Ohio

Bourneville is a census-designated place in central Twin Township, Ross County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45617. It lies along U.S. Route 50.-References:...

 lies in the township's center.

Name and history

Statewide, other Twin Townships are located in Darke

Twin Township, Darke County, Ohio

Twin Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,946 people in the township, 1,578 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

 and Preble

Twin Township, Preble County, Ohio

Twin Township is one of the twelve townships of Preble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,831 people in the township, 2,315 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

Counties.

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.