Middleton Township is one of the nineteen townships

Civil township

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 of Wood County

Wood County, Ohio

Wood County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 125,488. Its county seat is Bowling Green. The county was named for Captain Eleazer D. Wood, the engineer for General William Henry Harrison's army, who built Fort Meigs in the War of 1812...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,598 people in the township, 1,960 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:

• Perrysburg
  Perrysburg, Ohio
  As of the census of 2000, there were 16,945 people, 6,592 households, and 4,561 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,899.2 people per square mile . There were 6,964 housing units at an average density of 780.5 per square mile...
  
   - north
• Perrysburg Township
  Perrysburg Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Perrysburg Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 13,613 people in the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Webster Township
  Webster Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Webster Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,277 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Center Township
  Center Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Center Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,246 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Middleton Township - north...
  
   - southeast
• Plain Township
  Plain Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Plain Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,706 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Middleton Township - north...
  
   - south
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,688 people in the township, 1,324 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Waterville Township, Lucas County
  Waterville Township, Lucas County, Ohio
  Waterville Township is one of the eleven townships of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,469 people in the township, 1,908 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

The village of Haskins

Haskins, Ohio

Haskins is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 638 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Haskins is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....

 is located in western Middleton Township, and the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Dunbridge

Dunbridge, Ohio

Dunbridge is an unincorporated community in eastern Middleton Township, Wood County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43414.-References:...

 lies in the township's east.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Middleton Township is located in Columbiana County

Middleton Township, Columbiana County, Ohio

Middleton Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,741 people in the township, 3,475 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

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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.

The Middleton Township Hall is located in Haskins, at the corner of Liberty Hi Road and Sugar Street.