Cessna Township is one of the fifteen townships

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 of Hardin County

Hardin County, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 519 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 787 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Blanchard Township
  Blanchard Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Blanchard Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,640 people in the township, 688 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Pleasant Township
  Pleasant Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Pleasant Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,608 people in the township, 1,662 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Buck Township
  Buck Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Buck Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,441 people in the township, 1,051 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Lynn Township
  Lynn Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Lynn Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 629 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Cessna Township - north...
  
   - south
• McDonald Township
  McDonald Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  McDonald Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 914 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Cessna Township - north...
  
   - southwest
• Marion Township
  Marion Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,449 people in the township, 1,039 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,149 people in the township, 1,567 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
  - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Cessna 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.