Penn Township is one of the seventeen townships

Civil township

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 of Highland County

Highland County, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,055 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Fairfield Township
  Fairfield Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Fairfield Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,219 people in the township, 1,683 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Paint Township
  Paint Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Paint Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,112 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the east part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Madison Township - north...
  
   - southeast
• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,798 people in the township, 3,430 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Union Township
  Union Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,710 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Green Township, Clinton County
  Green Township, Clinton County, Ohio
  Green Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,602 people in the township, 1,308 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township, up from 2,007 in 1990.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Penn Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Penn Township is located in Morgan County

Penn Township, Morgan County, Ohio

Penn Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 777 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Malta Township - north...

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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.