Linton Township is one of the twenty-two townships

Civil township

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 of Coshocton County

Coshocton County, Ohio

Coshocton County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 36,901. Its county seat is Coshocton. Its name comes from the Delaware Indian language and has been translated as "union of waters" or "black bear crossing".The Coshocton...

, Ohio

Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 632 people in the township, 474 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Oxford Township
  Oxford Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Oxford Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,560 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the far eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Wheeling Township, Guernsey County
  Wheeling Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Wheeling Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 752 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Knox Township, Guernsey County
  Knox Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Knox Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 532 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Monroe Township, Muskingum County
  Monroe Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 439 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Adams Township, Muskingum County
  Adams Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Adams Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 516 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the northern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Franklin Township
  Franklin Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,286 people in the township, 922 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Lafayette Township
  Lafayette Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Lafayette Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,285 people in the township, 1,972 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

The village of Plainfield

Plainfield, Ohio

Plainfield is a village in Coshocton County, Ohio, United States, along Wills Creek. The population was 158 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Plainfield is located at ....

is located in northeastern Linton 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.