Bloom Township is one of the nineteen townships

Civil township

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 of Wood County

Wood County, Ohio

Wood County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 125,488. Its county seat is Bowling Green. The county was named for Captain Eleazer D. Wood, the engineer for General William Henry Harrison's army, who built Fort Meigs in the War of 1812...

, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,535 people in the township, 896 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Portage Township
  Portage Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Portage Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,516 people in the township, 988 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Montgomery Township
  Montgomery Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Montgomery Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,505 people in the township, 1,872 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Perry Township
  Perry Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,934 people in the township, 1,856 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Washington Township, Hancock County
  Washington Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,602 people in the township, 1,011 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Cass Township, Hancock County
  Cass Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Cass Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,098 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Allen Township, Hancock County
  Allen Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Allen Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,110 people in the township, 1,797 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Henry Township
  Henry Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Henry Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,070 people in the township, 709 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,862 people in the township, 1,730 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

Several villages are located in Bloom Township:

• Bairdstown
  Bairdstown, Ohio
  Bairdstown is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 130 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bairdstown is located at ....
  
  , in the south
• Bloomdale
  Bloomdale, Ohio
  Bloomdale is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 724 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bloomdale is located at ....
  
  , in the southeast
• Cygnet
  Cygnet, Ohio
  Cygnet is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 564 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Cygnet is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....
  
  , in the northwest
• Part of Jerry City
  Jerry City, Ohio
  Jerry City is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 453 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Jerry City is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...
  
  , in the north

Name and history

Statewide, other Bloom Townships are located in Fairfield

Bloom Township, Fairfield County, Ohio

Bloom Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,374 people in the township, 5,765 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, Morgan

Bloom Township, Morgan County, Ohio

Bloom Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,015 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

, Scioto

Bloom Township, Scioto County, Ohio

Bloom Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,218 people in the township, 2,454 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, and Seneca

Bloom Township, Seneca County, Ohio

Bloom Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,937 people in the township, 892 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

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.

The Bloom Township House is located at the intersection of Huffman Rd. and Oil Center Rd.