Hale Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Hardin County

Hardin County, Ohio

Hardin County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 32,058. Its county seat is Kenton and is named for John Hardin, an officer in the American Revolution.-Geography:According to the U.S...

, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,559 people in the township, 705 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Dudley Township
  Dudley Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Dudley Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,257 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Goshen Township - north...
  
   - north
• Bowling Green Township, Marion County
  Bowling Green Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Bowling Green Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 569 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Washington Township, Union County
  Washington Township, Union County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 705 people in the township. In that year, the township included 413 registered voters.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Bokes Creek Township, Logan County
  Bokes Creek Township, Logan County, Ohio
  Bokes Creek Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,308 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Buck Township
  Buck Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Buck Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,441 people in the township, 1,051 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Taylor Creek Township
  Taylor Creek Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Taylor Creek Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 517 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

Two villages are located in Hale Township: Mount Victory

Mount Victory, Ohio

Mount Victory is a village in Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The population was 600 at the 2000 census. It is home to a quaint downtown main street along busy State Route 31 between Marysville and Kenton, and to a volunteer fire department.-Geography:...

 in the center, and part of Ridgeway

Ridgeway, Ohio

Ridgeway is a village in Hardin and Logan counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 354 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Ridgeway is located at ....

in the southeast along the border with Bokes Creek 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.