Orange Township is one of the seventeen townships

Civil township

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 of Hancock County

Hancock County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,290 people in the township, 1,113 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Union Township
  Union Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,726 people in the township, 1,058 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Eagle Township
  Eagle Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Eagle Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,195 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Liberty Township - north...
  
   - northeast corner
• Van Buren Township
  Van Buren Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Van Buren Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 943 people in the township, 708 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Washington Township, Hardin County
  Washington Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 787 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Liberty Township, Hardin County
  Liberty Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,149 people in the township, 1,567 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Jackson Township, Allen County
  Jackson Township, Allen County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,936 people in the township, 2,632 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Richland Township, Allen County
  Richland Township, Allen County, Ohio
  Richland Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,090 people in the township, 2,015 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west

Part of the village of Bluffton

Bluffton, Ohio

Bluffton is a village in Allen and Hancock counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. It had a population of 3,896 at the 2000 census. Bluffton is home to Bluffton University, a four-year educational institution affiliated with Mennonite Church USA. Bluffton is served by the Bluffton general aviation...

is located in northwestern Orange 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.