Norwich 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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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,072 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Sherman Township
  Sherman Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Sherman Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 501 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the western edge of the county, it borders the following townships:*Lyme Township - north...
  
   - north
• 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...
  
   - northeast corner
• Greenfield Township
  Greenfield Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Greenfield Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,442 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Peru Township - north...
  
   - east
• New Haven Township
  New Haven Township, Huron County, Ohio
  New Haven Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,860 people in the township, 2,011 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Richmond Township
  Richmond Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Richmond Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,111 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Venice Township, Seneca County
  Venice Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Venice Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,871 people in the township, 916 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Reed Township, Seneca County
  Reed Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Reed Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 949 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Thompson Township - north...
  
   - west

A small part of the city of Willard

Willard, Ohio

Willard is a city in Huron County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 6,806. Willard is served by the Willard Memorial Library.-Geography:Willard is located at ....

 is located in southeastern Norwich Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Norwich Township is located in Franklin County

Norwich Township, Franklin County, Ohio

Norwich Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 27,488 people in the township, 3,635 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

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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.