Berlin Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Holmes County

Holmes County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 38,943 people, 11,337 households, and 9,194 families residing in the county. The population density was 92 people per square mile . There were 12,280 housing units at an average density of 29 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 3,857 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Salt Creek Township
  Salt Creek Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Salt Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,778 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Paint Township
  Paint Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Paint Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,547 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Walnut Creek Township
  Walnut Creek Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Walnut Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,530 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Clark Township
  Clark Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Clark Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,728 people in the township, 3,614 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Mechanic Township
  Mechanic Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Mechanic Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,652 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Hardy Township
  Hardy Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Hardy Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,643 people in the township, 2,317 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west

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

Unincorporated area

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 of Berlin

Berlin, Holmes County, Ohio

Berlin is a census-designated place located in central Berlin Township, Holmes County, Ohio, United States. It is situated at the junction of U.S. Route 62 and State Route 39....

 lies at the center of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Berlin Townships are located in Delaware

Berlin Township, Delaware County, Ohio

Berlin Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,315 people in the township, 3,313 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, Erie

Berlin Township, Erie County, Ohio

Berlin Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area...

, Knox

Berlin Township, Knox County, Ohio

Berlin Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,789 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

, and Mahoning 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.