Hardy Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Holmes County

Holmes County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 38,943 people, 11,337 households, and 9,194 families residing in the county. The population density was 92 people per square mile . There were 12,280 housing units at an average density of 29 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 5,643 people in the township, 2,317 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Prairie Township
  Prairie Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Prairie Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,785 people in the township, 2,399 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Salt Creek Township
  Salt Creek Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Salt Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,778 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Berlin Township
  Berlin Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Berlin Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,857 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the east central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Mechanic Township
  Mechanic Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Mechanic Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,652 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Killbuck Township
  Killbuck Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Killbuck Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,954 people in the township, 1,115 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Monroe Township
  Monroe Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,401 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the west central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west

The village of Millersburg

Millersburg, Ohio

Millersburg is a village in Holmes County, Ohio, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 3,326. It is the county seat of Holmes County.-Geography:Millersburg is located at , along Killbuck Creek...

, the county seat

County seat

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of Holmes County, is located in central Hardy 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.