Newcastle Township is one of the twenty-two townships

Civil township

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 of Coshocton County

Coshocton County, Ohio

Coshocton County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 36,901. Its county seat is Coshocton. Its name comes from the Delaware Indian language and has been translated as "union of waters" or "black bear crossing".The Coshocton...

, 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 441 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Tiverton Township
  Tiverton Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Tiverton Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 348 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Monroe Township
  Monroe Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 452 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Jefferson Township
  Jefferson Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,549 people in the township, 634 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Bedford Township
  Bedford Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Bedford Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 601 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Perry Township
  Perry Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 513 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the far western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Jackson Township, Knox County
  Jackson Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 878 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Butler Township, Knox County
  Butler Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Butler Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 798 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Union Township - north...
  
   - west
• Union Township, Knox County
  Union Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,455 people in the township, 1,208 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

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

Unincorporated area

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 of Walhonding

Walhonding, Ohio

Walhonding is an unincorporated community in northern Newcastle Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43843. It lies at the intersection of State Routes 206 and 715....

lies in the northern part of the township.

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.