Huntington Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Ross County

Ross County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 73,345 people, 27,136 households, and 19,185 families residing in the county. The population density was 106 people per square mile . There were 29,461 housing units at an average density of 43 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 6,018 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Scioto Township
  Scioto Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Scioto Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 27,735 people in the township, 5,940 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Franklin Township
  Franklin Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,671 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Pee Pee Township, Pike County
  Pee Pee Township, Pike County, Ohio
  Pee Pee Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,776 people in the township, including 4,433 people in the village of Waverly, and 3,343 in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Pebble Township, Pike County
  Pebble Township, Pike County, Ohio
  Pebble Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,416 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Twin Township
  Twin Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Twin Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,146 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the south central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Concord Township - north...
  
   - west

No municipalities are located in Huntington Township, although two unincorporated communities

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 are located there: Denver

Denver, Ohio

Denver is an unincorporated community located in southern Huntington Township, Ross County, Ohio, United States. It is in the south of the county, near the boundary with Pike County....

 in the south, and Knockemstiff

Knockemstiff, Ohio

Knockemstiff, also known as Glenn Shade or Shady Glenn, is a ghost town located in northeastern Huntington Township, Ross County, Ohio, United States, to the southwest of Chillicothe. It sits at an elevation of 692 ft....

 in the northeast.

Name and history

Statewide, other Huntington Townships are located in Brown

Huntington Township, Brown County, Ohio

Huntington Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,968 people in the township, 1,365 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, Gallia

Huntington Township, Gallia County, Ohio

Huntington Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,511 people in the township, 1,187 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, and Lorain

Huntington Township, Lorain County, Ohio

Huntington Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,282 people in the township.-Geography:Located in southeastern Lorain County, it borders the following townships:*Wellington Township - north...

 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.

Education

Huntington High School is a central feature of Huntington Township. A well-maintained athletics

Sport

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facility is available for public use.