Norwalk Township is one of the nineteen townships

Civil township

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 of Huron County

Huron County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 59,487 people, 22,307 households, and 16,217 families residing in the county. The population density was 121 people per square mile . There were 23,594 housing units at an average density of 48 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,685 people in the township, 3,265 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located on the northern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Milan Township, Erie County
  Milan Township, Erie County, Ohio
  Milan Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area...
  
   - north
• Berlin Township, Erie County
  Berlin Township, Erie County, Ohio
  Berlin Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area...
  
   - northeast corner
• Townsend Township
  Townsend Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Townsend Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,567 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the northern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Hartland Township
  Hartland Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Hartland Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 979 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Townsend Township - north...
  
   - southeast corner
• Bronson Township
  Bronson Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Bronson Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,780 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Norwalk Township – north...
  
   - south
• Peru Township
  Peru Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Peru Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,043 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Ridgefield Township - north...
  
   - southwest corner
• Ridgefield Township
  Ridgefield Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Ridgefield Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,390 people in the township, 957 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Oxford Township, Erie County
  Oxford Township, Erie County, Ohio
  Oxford Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area...
  
   - northwest corner

Two municipalities are located in Norwalk Township: most of the city of Norwalk

Norwalk, Ohio

At the 2000 census, there were 16,238 people, 6,377 households and 4,234 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,950.3 per square mile . There were 6,687 housing units at an average density of 803.1 per square mile...

 — the county seat

County seat

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 of Huron County — occupying the majority of the township, and part of the village of Milan

Milan, Ohio

Milan is a village in Erie and Huron counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 1,445 at the 2000 census.The Erie County portion of Milan is part of the Sandusky Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Huron County portion is part of the Norwalk Micropolitan Statistical Area.-History...

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.