Butler Township is one of the twenty-two townships

Civil township

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 of Knox County

Knox County, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 798 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Union Township
  Union Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,455 people in the township, 1,208 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Tiverton Township, Coshocton County
  Tiverton Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Tiverton Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 348 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Newcastle Township, Coshocton County
  Newcastle Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Newcastle Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 441 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the far western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Perry Township, Coshocton County
  Perry Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 513 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the far western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 878 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Clay Township
  Clay Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Clay Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,328 people in the township, 1,143 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Harrison Township
  Harrison Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Harrison Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 747 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the east central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Howard Township
  Howard Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Howard Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,319 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the east central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Brown Township - north...
  
  - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Butler Township.

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.