Richmond Township is one of the nineteen townships

Civil township

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 of Huron County

Huron County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 59,487 people, 22,307 households, and 16,217 families residing in the county. The population density was 121 people per square mile . There were 23,594 housing units at an average density of 48 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

 found 1,111 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Norwich Township
  Norwich Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Norwich Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,072 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the western edge of the county, it borders the following townships:*Sherman Township - north...
  
   - north
• Greenfield Township
  Greenfield Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Greenfield Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,442 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Peru Township - north...
  
   - northeast corner
• New Haven Township
  New Haven Township, Huron County, Ohio
  New Haven Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,860 people in the township, 2,011 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Auburn Township, Crawford County
  Auburn Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Auburn Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 897 people in the township, 616 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Cranberry Township, Crawford County
  Cranberry Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Cranberry Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,674 people in the township, 687 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Venice Township, Seneca County
  Venice Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Venice Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,871 people in the township, 916 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west

Richmond Township includes almost all of the county's border with Crawford County.

Part of the city of Willard

Willard, Ohio

Willard is a city in Huron County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 6,806. Willard is served by the Willard Memorial Library.-Geography:Willard is located at ....

 is located in northeastern Richmond Township, and the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Celeryville

Celeryville, Ohio

Celeryville is a census-designated place on the boundary between the New Haven and Richmond Townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. Celeryville is located approximately one mile south of Willard, and the community relies on Willard's social services....

 lies on the township's northeastern border with New Haven Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Richmond Township is located in Ashtabula County

Richmond Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

Richmond Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 937 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the eastern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...

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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.