Pleasant Township is one of the thirteen townships

Civil township

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 of Fairfield County

Fairfield County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 5,549 people in the township, 5,039 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Walnut Township
  Walnut Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
  Walnut Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,436 people in the township, 4,545 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Richland Township
  Richland Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
  Richland Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,940 people in the township, 1,540 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Rush Creek Township
  Rush Creek Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
  Rush Creek Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,549 people in the township, 2,284 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Berne Township
  Berne Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
  Berne Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,969 people in the township, 4,521 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Hocking Township
  Hocking Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
  Hocking Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,812 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Greenfield Township
  Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
  Greenfield Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,944 people in the township, 4,465 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,265 people in the township, 4,387 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

Parts of two municipalities are located in Pleasant Township: the city of Lancaster

Lancaster, Ohio

Lancaster is a city in Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 38,780. It is located near the Hocking River, approximately southeast of Columbus, Ohio. It is the county seat of Fairfield County...

, the county seat

County seat

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 of Fairfield County, in the southwest; and the village of Pleasantville

Pleasantville, Ohio

Pleasantville is a village in Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The population was 877 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Pleasantville is located at ....

in the north.

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.