Watertown Township is one of the twenty-two townships

Civil township

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 of Washington County

Washington County, Ohio

Washington County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 61,778. Its county seat is Marietta. The county, the oldest in the state, is named for George Washington. Washington County is included in the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia-Ohio...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,563 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Waterford Township
  Waterford Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Waterford Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,708 people in the township, 2,426 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Adams Township
  Adams Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Adams Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,830 people in the township, 1,202 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Muskingum Township
  Muskingum Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Muskingum Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,627 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Warren Township
  Warren Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Warren Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,044 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Barlow Township
  Barlow Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Barlow Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,417 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Palmer Township
  Palmer Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Palmer Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 625 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Windsor Township, Morgan County
  Windsor Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Windsor Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,951 people in the township, 1,411 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

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

Unincorporated area

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 of Watertown

Watertown, Ohio

Watertown is an unincorporated community in southwestern Watertown Township, Washington County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45787...

lies in the township's center.

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.