Richland Township is one of the thirteen townships

Civil township

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 of Wyandot County

Wyandot County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 22,908 people, 8,882 households, and 6,270 families residing in the county. The population density was 56 people per square mile . There were 9,324 housing units at an average density of 23 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 952 people in the township, 543 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Ridge Township
  Ridge Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Ridge Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 512 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Crawford Township
  Crawford Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Crawford Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,080 people in the township, 1,179 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Salem Township
  Salem Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Salem Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,055 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Crawford Township - north...
  
   - east
• Mifflin Township
  Mifflin Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Mifflin Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 705 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Salem Township - north...
  
   - southeast corner
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 643 people in the township, 511 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Jackson Township, Hardin County
  Jackson Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,139 people in the township, 513 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Delaware Township, Hancock County
  Delaware Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Delaware Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,229 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Amanda Township, Hancock County
  Amanda Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Amanda Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,045 people in the township, 674 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

Two villages are located in Richland Township: Wharton

Wharton, Ohio

Wharton is a village in Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The population was 409 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wharton is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...

 in the center, and part of Forest

Forest, Ohio

Forest is a village in Hardin and Wyandot counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 1,488 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Forest is located at ....

in the southwest along the border with Hardin County 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.