German Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Harrison County, Ohio

Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 767 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Springfield Township, Jefferson County
  Springfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Springfield Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,568 people in the township, 1,231 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Salem Township, Jefferson County
  Salem Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Salem Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,162 people in the township, 2,691 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Wayne Township, Jefferson County
  Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,233 people in the township, 2,012 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Green Township
  Green Township, Harrison County, Ohio
  Green Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,898 people in the township, 914 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Archer Township
  Archer Township, Harrison County, Ohio
  Archer Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 306 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the north central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Rumley Township
  Rumley Township, Harrison County, Ohio
  Rumley Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,575 people in the township, 791 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Loudon Township, Carroll County
  Loudon Township, Carroll County, Ohio
  Loudon Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,032 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
  - northwest

No municipalities are located in German 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.