Washington Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Brown County

Brown County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 42,285 people, 15,555 households, and 11,790 families residing in the county. The population density was 86 people per square mile . There were 17,193 housing units at an average density of 35 per square mile...

, Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,271 people in the township, 1,409 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Clay Township, Highland County
  Clay Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Clay Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,219 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Whiteoak Township, Highland County
  Whiteoak Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Whiteoak Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,374 people in the township, 1,001 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Eagle Township
  Eagle Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Eagle Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,438 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,221 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Eagle Township - north...
  
   - southeast corner
• Franklin Township
  Franklin Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,596 people in the township, 1,594 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Scott Township
  Scott Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Scott Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,253 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Pike Township - north...
  
   - southwest
• Pike Township
  Pike Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Pike Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,742 people in the township, 2,995 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Green Township
  Green Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Green Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,389 people in the township, 1,978 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

The village of Sardinia

Sardinia, Ohio

Sardinia is a village in Brown and Highland counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 862 at the 2000 census. Its name comes from the island of Sardinia in the Mediterranean Sea...

 is located in northern Washington Township.

Name and history

It is one of forty-three Washington Townships statewide.

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. Currently, the board is composed of president David Dotson and members Alan Hanselman and Janie Wills, and the clerk is Mary Bradford.