Cambridge Township is one of the nineteen townships

Civil township

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 of Guernsey County

Guernsey County, Ohio

Guernsey County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 40,087. Its county seat is Cambridge and is named for the Isle of Guernsey in the English Channel, from which many of the county's early settlers came....

, Ohio

Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 15,505 people in the township, 3,985 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,068 people in the township, 878 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Jefferson Township
  Jefferson Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 94 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Monroe Township - north...
  
   - northeast
• Center Township
  Center Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Center Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 779 people in the township, 1,688 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,399 people in the township, 2,825 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Westland Township
  Westland Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Westland Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,931 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Adams Township
  Adams Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Adams Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,019 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Knox Township - north...
  
   - west
• Knox Township
  Knox Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Knox Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 532 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

The city of Cambridge

Cambridge, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 11,520 people, 4,924 households, and 2,954 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,055.1 people per square mile . There were 5,585 housing units of an average density of 996.3 per square mile...

, the county seat

County seat

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of Guernsey County, is located in central Cambridge 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.