Bowling Green Township is one of the twenty-five townships

Civil township

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 of Licking County

Licking County, Ohio

Licking County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 166,492. Its county seat is Newark and is named for the salt licks that were in the area....

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,668 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Franklin Township
  Franklin Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,782 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:...
  
   - north
• Hopewell Township
  Hopewell Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Hopewell Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,200 people in the township, 1,104 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Hopewell Township, Muskingum County
  Hopewell Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Hopewell Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,038 people in the township, 2,947 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Madison Township, Perry County
  Madison Township, Perry County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,229 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Hopewell Township, Perry County
  Hopewell Township, Perry County, Ohio
  Hopewell Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,163 people in the township, 1,965 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Thorn Township, Perry County
  Thorn Township, Perry County, Ohio
  Thorn Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,765 people in the township, 3,034 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Licking Township
  Licking Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Licking Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,870 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships and city:...
  
   - west

No municipalities are located in Bowling Green Township, although the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Brownsville

Brownsville, Ohio

Brownsville is a census-designated place in northeastern Bowling Green Township, Licking County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43721. It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 40 with State Route 668.Flint Ridge State Memorial is...

 lies in the northeastern part of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Bowling Green Township is located in Marion County

Bowling Green Township, Marion County, Ohio

Bowling Green Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 569 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...

. The township is located within the Refugee Tract

Refugee Tract

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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.