Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
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Washington 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
Ohio
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, United States
United States
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. The 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

 found 2,951 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
  • Walnut Township
    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:...

     - north
  • 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:...

     - northeast
  • Clearcreek Township, Fairfield County
    Clearcreek Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
    Clearcreek Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,411 people in the township, 2,830 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - east
  • Salt Creek Township - southeast corner
  • Pickaway Township
    Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
    Pickaway Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,851 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern 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:...

     - west


Part of western Washington Township is occupied by the city of Circleville
Circleville, Ohio
Circleville is a city in and the county seat of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States, along the Scioto River. The population was 13,485 at the 2000 census.-History:...

, the county seat
County seat
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 of Pickaway County.

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.
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