Windsor Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Morgan County

Morgan County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,951 people in the township, 1,411 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Meigsville Township
  Meigsville Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Meigsville Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 894 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Bristol Township - north...
  
   - north
• Center Township
  Center Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Center Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 652 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Manchester Township - north...
  
   - northeast
• Waterford Township, Washington County
  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:...
  
   - east
• Watertown Township, Washington County
  Watertown Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Watertown Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,563 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast, north of Palmer Township
• Palmer Township, Washington County
  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:...
  
   - southeast, south of Watertown Township
• Wesley Township, Washington County
  Wesley Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Wesley Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 915 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the far western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Marion Township
  Marion Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,336 people in the township, 1,031 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Penn Township
  Penn Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Penn Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 777 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Malta Township - north...
  
   - west
• Malta Township
  Malta Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Malta Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,964 people in the township, 1,268 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest, west of Morgan Township
• Morgan Township
  Morgan Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Morgan Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,617 people in the township, 941 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest, east of Malta Township

The village of Stockport

Stockport, Ohio

Stockport is a village in Morgan County, Ohio, United States, along the Muskingum River. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 540.-Geography:Stockport is located at ....

 is located in western Windsor Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Windsor Townships are located in Ashtabula

Windsor Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

Windsor Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,932 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...

 and Lawrence

Windsor Township, Lawrence County, Ohio

Windsor Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,127 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

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.

As of 2007, the trustees are Phillip Eckert, Columbus Cheadle, and Mark Murphy, and the clerk is Kerrie Greuey.