Dodson Township is one of the seventeen townships

Civil township

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 of Highland County

Highland County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 40,875 people, 15,587 households, and 11,394 families residing in the county. The population density was 74 people per square mile . There were 17,583 housing units at an average density of 32 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 2,514 people in the township, 1,166 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Clark Township, Clinton County
  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:...
  
   - north
• Union Township
  Union Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,710 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Hamer Township
  Hamer Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Hamer Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 699 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Union Township - north...
  
   - southeast
• Salem Township
  Salem Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Salem Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 682 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Dodson Township - north...
  
   - south
• Perry Township, Brown County
  Perry Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,830 people in the township, 4,367 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Jefferson Township, Clinton County
  Jefferson Township, Clinton County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,301 people in the township, 1,036 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township, down from 1,312 in 1990.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

The village of Lynchburg

Lynchburg, Ohio

Lynchburg is a village in Clinton and Highland counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 1,350 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lynchburg is located at ....

is located in northern Dodson 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.