Montgomery Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Ashland County

Ashland County, Ohio

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, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,412 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Orange Township
  Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
  Orange Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,276 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the north central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Troy Township - north...
  
   - north
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Ashland County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,554 people in the township, 3,197 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Perry Township
  Perry Township, Ashland County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,927 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Jackson Township - north...
  
   - east
• Mohican Township
  Mohican Township, Ashland County, Ohio
  Mohican Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,857 people in the township, 1,379 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Vermillion Township - south
• Mifflin Township
  Mifflin Township, Ashland County, Ohio
  Mifflin Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,083 people in the township, 939 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Milton Township
  Milton Township, Ashland County, Ohio
  Milton Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,431 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Clear Creek Township
  Clear Creek Township, Ashland County, Ohio
  Clear Creek Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,069 people in the township, 1,300 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

Most of the city of Ashland

Ashland, Ohio

Ashland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Ashland County. The population was 21,249 at the 2000 census. It is the center of the Ashland Micropolitan Statistical Area...

, the county seat

County seat

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 of Ashland County, is located in western Montgomery Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Montgomery Townships are located in Marion

Montgomery Township, Marion County, Ohio

Montgomery Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,498 people in the township, 1,175 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

 and Wood

Montgomery Township, Wood County, Ohio

Montgomery Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,505 people in the township, 1,872 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of 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.