Loudon Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Seneca County

Seneca County, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,395 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,640 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,340 people in the township, 1,556 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Hopewell Township
  Hopewell Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Hopewell Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,874 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the west central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Seneca Township
  Seneca Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Seneca Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,585 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Big Spring Township
  Big Spring Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Big Spring Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,791 people in the township, 1,565 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Biglick Township, Hancock County
  Biglick Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Biglick Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 955 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Washington Township, Hancock County
  Washington Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,602 people in the township, 1,011 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Perry Township, Wood County
  Perry Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,934 people in the township, 1,856 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

Part of the city of Fostoria

Fostoria, Ohio

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 is located in northwestern Loudon Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Loudon Township is located in Carroll County

Loudon Township, Carroll County, Ohio

Loudon Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,032 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...

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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.