Clark Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Holmes County

Holmes County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 38,943 people, 11,337 households, and 9,194 families residing in the county. The population density was 92 people per square mile . There were 12,280 housing units at an average density of 29 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,728 people in the township, 3,614 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Walnut Creek Township
  Walnut Creek Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Walnut Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,530 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Sugar Creek Township, Tuscarawas County
  Sugar Creek Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Sugar Creek Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,894 people in the township, 1,720 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Auburn Township, Tuscarawas County
  Auburn Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Auburn Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,078 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Bucks Township, Tuscarawas County
  Bucks Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Bucks Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,601 people in the township, 972 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Crawford Township, Coshocton County
  Crawford Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Crawford Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,594 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Mill Creek Township, Coshocton County
  Mill Creek Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Mill Creek Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 747 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Mechanic Township
  Mechanic Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Mechanic Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,652 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Berlin Township
  Berlin Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Berlin Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,857 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the east central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

Part of the village of Baltic

Baltic, Ohio

Baltic is a village in Coshocton, Holmes, and Tuscarawas counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 743 at the 2000 census. The Raber's Almanac for the Amish community is published here.-Geography:Baltic is located at ....

 is located in southeastern Clark Township, and the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Charm

Charm, Ohio

Charm is an unincorporated community in northwestern Clark Township, Holmes County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44617. It lies along State Route 557.-References:...

 lies in the northwestern part of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Clark Townships are located in Brown

Clark Township, Brown County, Ohio

Clark Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,165 people in the township, 2,650 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, Clinton

Clark Township, Clinton County, Ohio

Clark Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,861 people in the township, 1,419 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township, up from 1,581 in 1990.-Geography:...

, and Coshocton

Clark Township, Coshocton County, Ohio

Clark Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 594 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

Counties. It was originally named German Township, but its name was changed to Clark Township in the 1910s.

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.