Greenfield Township is one of the nineteen townships

Civil township

A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...

 of Huron County

Huron County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 59,487 people, 22,307 households, and 16,217 families residing in the county. The population density was 121 people per square mile . There were 23,594 housing units at an average density of 48 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

 found 1,442 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Peru Township
  Peru Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Peru Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,043 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Ridgefield Township - north...
  
   - north
• Bronson Township
  Bronson Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Bronson Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,780 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Norwalk Township – north...
  
   - northeast corner
• Fairfield Township
  Fairfield Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Fairfield Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,284 people in the township, 711 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Ripley Township
  Ripley Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Ripley Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 943 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:*Fairfield Township - north...
  
   - southeast corner
• New Haven Township
  New Haven Township, Huron County, Ohio
  New Haven Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,860 people in the township, 2,011 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Richmond Township
  Richmond Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Richmond Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,111 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Norwich Township
  Norwich Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Norwich Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,072 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the western edge of the county, it borders the following townships:*Sherman Township - north...
  
   - west
• Sherman Township
  Sherman Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Sherman Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 501 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the western edge of the county, it borders the following townships:*Lyme Township - north...
  
   - northwest corner

Part of the city of Willard

Willard, Ohio

Willard is a city in Huron County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 6,806. Willard is served by the Willard Memorial Library.-Geography:Willard is located at ....

 is located in southwestern Greenfield Township, and the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Steuben

Steuben, Ohio

Steuben is an unincorporated village in central Greenfield Township, Huron County, Ohio, United States, located a few miles northeast of the village of Willard...

 lies at the center of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Greenfield Townships are located in Fairfield

Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio

Greenfield Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,944 people in the township, 4,465 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

 and Gallia

Greenfield Township, Gallia County, Ohio

Greenfield Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 498 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the far western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

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.