Delaware Township is one of the seventeen townships

Civil township

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 of Hancock County

Hancock County, Ohio

Hancock County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 74,782. Its county seat is Findlay and was named for John Hancock, the first signer of the Declaration of Independence...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,229 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Amanda Township
  Amanda Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Amanda Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,045 people in the township, 674 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Richland Township, Wyandot County
  Richland Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Richland Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 952 people in the township, 543 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Jackson Township, Hardin County
  Jackson Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,139 people in the township, 513 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Blanchard Township, Hardin County
  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:...
  
   - southwest
• Madison Township
  Madison Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,156 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,060 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

The village of Mount Blanchard

Mount Blanchard, Ohio

Mount Blanchard is a village in Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The population was 484 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Mount Blanchard is located at ....

 is located in northern Delaware Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Delaware Townships are located in Defiance

Delaware Township, Defiance County, Ohio

Delaware Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,128 people in the township, 801 of whom lived in the village of Sherwood, and 1,327 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township....

 and Delaware

Delaware Township, Delaware County, Ohio

Delaware Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 26,149 people in the township, 1,559 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

Counties.

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.