Penn Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Morgan County

Morgan County, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 777 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Malta Township
  Malta Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Malta Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,964 people in the township, 1,268 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Windsor Township
  Windsor Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Windsor Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,951 people in the township, 1,411 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Marion Township
  Marion Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,336 people in the township, 1,031 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Union Township
  Union Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 607 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Deerfield Township - north...
  
   - west

No municipalities are located in Penn Township.

Name and history

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

Penn Township, Highland County, Ohio

Penn Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,055 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

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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.

As of 2007, the trustees are Ray Crouse, Jan Scott, and Richard Welsh, and the clerk is Jamie Downing.