Eden Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Seneca County

Seneca County, Ohio

Seneca County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 56,745. Its county seat is Tiffin and it is named for the Seneca Indians.The Tiffin Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Seneca County....

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,020 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Clinton Township
  Clinton Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Clinton Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,188 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Pleasant Township - north...
  
   - north
• Scipio Township - northeast corner
• Bloom Township
  Bloom Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Bloom Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,937 people in the township, 892 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Lykens Township, Crawford County
  Lykens Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Lykens Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 649 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Texas Township, Crawford County
  Texas Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Texas Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 409 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south, east of Sycamore Township
• Sycamore Township, Wyandot County
  Sycamore Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Sycamore Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,598 people in the township, 684 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south, west of Texas Township
• Tymochtee Township, Wyandot County
  Tymochtee Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Tymochtee Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,186 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Seneca Township
  Seneca Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Seneca Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,585 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Hopewell Township
  Hopewell Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Hopewell Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,874 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the west central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Eden Township, although the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Melmore

Melmore, Ohio

Melmore is a census-designated place in central Eden Township, Seneca County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44845. It is located at the intersection of State Routes 67 and 100....

 lies at the center of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Eden Townships are located in Licking

Eden Township, Licking County, Ohio

Eden Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,243 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the northern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...

 and Wyandot

Eden Township, Wyandot County, Ohio

Eden Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,026 people in the township, 751 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.