Walnut Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Gallia County

Gallia County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 31,069 people, 12,060 households, and 8,586 families residing in the county. The population density was 66 people per square mile . There were 13,498 housing units at an average density of 29 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 924 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Perry Township
  Perry Township, Gallia County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,276 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Raccoon Township - north...
  
   - north
• Green Township
  Green Township, Gallia County, Ohio
  Green Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,514 people in township.-Geography:Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Springfield Township - north...
  
   - northeast corner
• Harrison Township
  Harrison Township, Gallia County, Ohio
  Harrison Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,003 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Green Township - north...
  
   - east
• Guyan Township
  Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio
  Guyan Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,199 people in the township, 788 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Mason Township, Lawrence County
  Mason Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
  Mason Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,095 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Aid Township, Lawrence County
  Aid Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
  Aid Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The township had a population of 907 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Symmes Township, Lawrence County
  Symmes Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
  Symmes Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 470 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Greenfield Township
  Greenfield Township, Gallia County, Ohio
  Greenfield Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 498 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the far western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Walnut Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Walnut Townships are located in Fairfield

Walnut Township, Fairfield County, Ohio

Walnut Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,436 people in the township, 4,545 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

 and Pickaway

Walnut Township, Pickaway County, Ohio

Walnut Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,428 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

 Counties, plus a Walnut Creek Township

Walnut Creek Township, Holmes County, Ohio

Walnut Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,530 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

 in Holmes County

Walnut Creek Township, Holmes County, Ohio

Walnut Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,530 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

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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.

External links

• County website