Milford Township is one of the twenty-two townships

Civil township

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 of Knox County

Knox County, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,422 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,422 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Wayne Township - north...
  
   - north
• Clinton Township
  Clinton Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Clinton Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,326 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the west central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Miller Township
  Miller Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Miller Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 893 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Clinton Township - north...
  
   - east
• Burlington Township, Licking County
  Burlington Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Burlington Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,073 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the northern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Bennington Township, Licking County
  Bennington Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Bennington Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,265 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the northern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Hartford Township, Licking County
  Hartford Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Hartford Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,290 people in the township, 878 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Hilliar Township
  Hilliar Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Hilliar Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,080 people in the township, 1,648 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• South Bloomfield Township, Morrow County
  South Bloomfield Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  South Bloomfield Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,609 people in the township, 1,418 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Milford Township, although the unincorporated community

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 of Mt. Liberty lies on the northwestern border with Liberty Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Milford Townships are located in Butler

Milford Township, Butler County, Ohio

Milford Township, one of thirteen townships in the county, is located in north-central Butler County, Ohio, United States, between Oxford and Middletown. The township, which contains the village of Somerville, had a population of 3,254 in 2000, up from 2,651 in 1990. Excluding Somerville, 2,960...

 and Defiance

Milford Township, Defiance County, Ohio

Milford Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,013 people in the township.-Geography:...

Counties.

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.