Providence Township is one of the eleven townships

Civil township

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 of Lucas County

Lucas County, Ohio

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, 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 3,454 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the far southern part of the county along the Maumee River

Maumee River

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, it borders the following townships:

• Swanton Township
  Swanton Township, Lucas County, Ohio
  Swanton Township is one of the eleven townships of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,354 people in the township, 3,330 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Waterville Township
  Waterville Township, Lucas County, Ohio
  Waterville Township is one of the eleven townships of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,469 people in the township, 1,908 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Washington Township, Wood County
  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:...
  
   - southeast
• Grand Rapids Township, Wood County
  Grand Rapids Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Grand Rapids Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,631 people in the township, 629 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Damascus Township, Henry County
  Damascus Township, Henry County, Ohio
  Damascus Township is one of the thirteen townships of Henry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,781 people in the township, 1,020 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Washington Township, Henry County
  Washington Township, Henry County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the thirteen townships of Henry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,021 people in the township, 1,913 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Swan Creek Township, Fulton County
  Swan Creek Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  Swan Creek Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,461 people in the township, 6,306 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Providence Township, although the unincorporated communities

Unincorporated area

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 of Neapolis

Neapolis, Ohio

Neapolis is a census-designated place in northwestern Providence Township, Lucas County, Ohio. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43547....

 and Providence

Providence, Ohio

Providence is a ghost town on the Maumee River in southern Providence Township, Lucas County, Ohio, United States, about 24 miles southwest of Toledo.- History :...

lie in the township's northwest and south respectively.

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.

External links

• Township website
• County website