Leesburg Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Union County

Union County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,438 people in the township, 1,115 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Claibourne Township
  Claibourne Township, Union County, Ohio
  Claibourne Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,421 people in the township, 1,265 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Thompson Township, Delaware County
  Thompson Township, Delaware County, Ohio
  Thompson Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 558 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Scioto Township, Delaware County
  Scioto Township, Delaware County, Ohio
  Scioto Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,527 people in the township, 2,122 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Dover Township
  Dover Township, Union County, Ohio
  Dover Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,331 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Leesburg Township - north...
  
   - south
• Paris Township
  Paris Township, Union County, Ohio
  Paris Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 17,549 people in the township, 1,617 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Taylor Township
  Taylor Township, Union County, Ohio
  Taylor Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,444 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Claibourne Township - northeast...
  
   - west

The village of Magnetic Springs

Magnetic Springs, Ohio

Magnetic Springs is a village in Union County, Ohio, United States. The population was 323 at the 2000 census. The village supports a post office that has the ZIP Code of 43036.-History:...

is located in northeastern Leesburg 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.