Eagle Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Vinton County

Vinton County, Ohio

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, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 412 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Salt Creek Township, Hocking County
  Salt Creek Township, Hocking County, Ohio
  Salt Creek Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,260 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
  : north
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Vinton County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 714 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
  : east
• Richland Township
  Richland Township, Vinton County, Ohio
  Richland Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,667 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Jackson Township: north...
  
  : southeast corner
• Harrison Township
  Harrison Township, Vinton County, Ohio
  Harrison Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,030 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
  : south
• Liberty Township, Ross County
  Liberty Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,476 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
  : southwest
• Harrison Township, Ross County
  Harrison Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Harrison Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,293 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
  : west

No municipalities are located in Eagle Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Eagle Townships are located in Brown

Eagle Township, Brown County, Ohio

Eagle Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,438 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...

 and Hancock

Eagle Township, Hancock County, Ohio

Eagle Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,195 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Liberty Township - north...

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.