Walnut Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Pickaway County

Pickaway County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 52,727 people, 17,599 households, and 13,287 families residing in the county. The population density was 105 people per square mile . There were 18,596 housing units at an average density of 37 per square mile...

, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,428 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Madison Township
  Madison Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,461 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Bloom Township, Fairfield County
  Bloom Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
  Bloom Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,374 people in the township, 5,765 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Amanda Township, Fairfield County
  Amanda Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
  Amanda Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,429 people in the township, 1,722 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,951 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Circleville Township
  Circleville Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
  Circleville Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,300 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 916 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Scioto Township - north...
  
   - west
• Harrison Township
  Harrison Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
  Harrison Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,424 people in the township, 2,071 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - 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 Gallia

Walnut Township, Gallia County, Ohio

Walnut Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 924 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Perry Township - north...

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.