Plain Township is one of the nineteen townships

Civil township

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 of Wood County

Wood County, Ohio

Wood County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 125,488. Its county seat is Bowling Green. The county was named for Captain Eleazer D. Wood, the engineer for General William Henry Harrison's army, who built Fort Meigs in the War of 1812...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,706 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Middleton Township
  Middleton Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Middleton Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,598 people in the township, 1,960 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Center Township
  Center Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Center Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,246 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Middleton Township - north...
  
   - east
• Portage Township
  Portage Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Portage Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,516 people in the township, 988 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,862 people in the township, 1,730 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Milton Township
  Milton Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Milton Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,159 people in the township, 630 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Weston Township
  Weston Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Weston Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,274 people in the township, 741 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,688 people in the township, 1,324 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

Part of the city of Bowling Green

Bowling Green, Ohio

Bowling Green is the county seat of Wood County in the U.S. state of Ohio. At the time of the 2010 census, the population of Bowling Green was 30,028. It is part of the Toledo, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bowling Green is the home of Bowling Green State University...

, the county seat

County seat

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 of Wood County, is located in eastern Plain Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Plain Townships are located in Franklin

Plain Township, Franklin County, Ohio

Plain Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,926 people in the township, 2,215 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, Stark

Plain Township, Stark County, Ohio

Plain Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 51,997 people in the township, 35,543 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township...

, and Wayne

Plain Township, Wayne County, Ohio

Plain Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,894 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Chester Township - north...

 Counties.

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.

The Plain Township House is located at the intersection of Poe and Liberty Hi Roads. The township is also home to the Wood County Landfill and ODOT

Ohio Department of Transportation

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's District 2 Annex & Garage, both off U.S. Route 6

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