Milton 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

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,159 people in the township, 630 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Weston Township
  Weston Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Weston Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,274 people in the township, 741 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• 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...
  
   - northeast corner
• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,862 people in the township, 1,730 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Henry Township
  Henry Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Henry Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,070 people in the township, 709 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 751 people in the township, 455 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Bartlow Township, Henry County
  Bartlow Township, Henry County, Ohio
  Bartlow Township is one of the thirteen townships of Henry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,460 people in the township, 629 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Richfield Township, Henry County
  Richfield Township, Henry County, Ohio
  Richfield Township is one of the thirteen townships of Henry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 654 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Damascus Township - north...
  
   - west
• Damascus Township, Henry County
  Damascus Township, Henry County, Ohio
  Damascus Township is one of the thirteen townships of Henry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,781 people in the township, 1,020 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

Three villages are located in the township:

• Custar
  Custar, Ohio
  Custar is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 208 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Custar is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....
  
  , in the west center.
• Milton Center
  Milton Center, Ohio
  Milton Center is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 195 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Milton Center is located at ....
  
  , in the north center.
• Part of Weston
  Weston, Ohio
  Weston is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,659 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Weston is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....
  
  , in the north.

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.