Polk Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Crawford County

Crawford County, Ohio

Crawford County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. It was named for Colonel William Crawford, a soldier during the American Revolution....

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,334 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Jefferson Township
  Jefferson Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,677 people in the township, 1,613 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,487 people in the township, 402 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Sandusky Township, Richland County
  Sandusky Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Sandusky Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - east
• North Bloomfield Township, Morrow County
  North Bloomfield Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  North Bloomfield Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,866 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Washington Township, Morrow County
  Washington Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,227 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Whetstone Township
  Whetstone Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Whetstone Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,365 people in the township, 2,218 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west

The city of Galion

Galion, Ohio

Settlers arrived in the area as early as 1817. The location was at the crossroads of a north-south road from Columbus to Portland , and the east-west route that later became the Lincoln Highway and subsequently the Harding Highway....

is located in central Polk 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.