Marion Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Hardin County

Hardin County, Ohio

Hardin County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 32,058. Its county seat is Kenton and is named for John Hardin, an officer in the American Revolution.-Geography:According to the U.S...

, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,449 people in the township, 1,039 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,149 people in the township, 1,567 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 787 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Cessna Township
  Cessna Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Cessna Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 519 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Washington Township - north...
  
   - east
• McDonald Township
  McDonald Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  McDonald Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 914 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Cessna Township - north...
  
   - southeast
• Roundhead Township
  Roundhead Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Roundhead Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 752 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Wayne Township, Auglaize County
  Wayne Township, Auglaize County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,591 people in the township, 788 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Auglaize Township, Allen County
  Auglaize Township, Allen County, Ohio
  Auglaize Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,850 people in the township, 2,359 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Jackson Township, Allen County
  Jackson Township, Allen County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,936 people in the township, 2,632 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

Two villages are located in Marion Township: Alger

Alger, Ohio

Alger is a village in Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The population was 888 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Alger is located on State Route 235 about south of Ada....

 in the northwest, and McGuffey

McGuffey, Ohio

McGuffey is a village in Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The population was 522 at the 2000 census.-History:The village of McGuffey, home of the first chartered agricultural workers' union and one of the largest agricultural workers' strikes in national history, was honored with a historical...

in the east.

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.