Ripley Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Holmes County

Holmes County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 38,943 people, 11,337 households, and 9,194 families residing in the county. The population density was 92 people per square mile . There were 12,280 housing units at an average density of 29 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 2,194 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Clinton Township, Wayne County
  Clinton Township, Wayne County, Ohio
  Clinton Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,196 people in the township, 1,614 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Franklin Township, Wayne County
  Franklin Township, Wayne County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,485 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Wooster Township - north...
  
   - northeast corner
• Prairie Township
  Prairie Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Prairie Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,785 people in the township, 2,399 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Monroe Township
  Monroe Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,401 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the west central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Knox Township
  Knox Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Knox Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,095 people in the township, 1,060 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,614 people in the township, 1,419 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west

No municipalities are located in Ripley Township, although the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Big Prairie

Big Prairie, Ohio

Big Prairie is an unincorporated community in northwestern Ripley Township, Holmes County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44611. It lies less than one mile east of Odell Lake.-References:...

 lies in the northwestern part of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Ripley Township is located in Huron County

Ripley Township, Huron County, Ohio

Ripley Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 943 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:*Fairfield Township - north...

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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.