Richland Township is one of the nineteen townships

Civil township

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 of Guernsey County

Guernsey County, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,033 people in the township, 1,489 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Wills Township
  Wills Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Wills Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,567 people in the township, 1,179 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Millwood Township
  Millwood Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Millwood Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,318 people in the township, 601 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Wayne Township, Noble County
  Wayne Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 507 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Seneca Township, Noble County
  Seneca Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Seneca Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 453 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Wayne Township - north...
  
   - southeast corner
• Buffalo Township, Noble County
  Buffalo Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Buffalo Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 782 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Valley Township
  Valley Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Valley Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,378 people in the township, 1,939 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,399 people in the township, 2,825 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Center Township
  Center Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Center Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 779 people in the township, 1,688 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

Two incorporated villages are located in Richland Township: part of Loreville in the north, and Senecaville

Senecaville, Ohio

Senecaville is a village in Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The population was 453 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Senecaville is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....

in the south.

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.