Ridge 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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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 512 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Biglick Township, Hancock County
  Biglick Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Biglick Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 955 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Big Spring Township, Seneca County
  Big Spring Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Big Spring Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,791 people in the township, 1,565 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• 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:...
  
   - east
• 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...
  
   - southeast corner
• Richland Township
  Richland Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Richland Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 952 people in the township, 543 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• 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:...
  
   - west

No municipalities are located in Ridge Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Ridge Township is located in Van Wert County

Ridge Township, Van Wert County, Ohio

Ridge Township is one of the twelve townships of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,114 people in the township, 1,311 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

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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.