Dallas Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Crawford County

Crawford County, Ohio

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, Ohio

Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 455 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Tod Township
  Tod Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Tod Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 739 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Texas Township - north...
  
   - north
• Bucyrus Township
  Bucyrus Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Bucyrus Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 828 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Whetstone Township
  Whetstone Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Whetstone Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,365 people in the township, 2,218 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Tully Township, Marion County
  Tully Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Tully Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 738 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Scott Township, Marion County
  Scott Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Scott Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 521 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Grand Prairie Township, Marion County
  Grand Prairie Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Grand Prairie Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,609 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Antrim Township, Wyandot County
  Antrim Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Antrim Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,275 people in the township, 736 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
  - west

No municipalities are located in Dallas 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.