Ripley 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...

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 943 people in the township.

Geography

Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Fairfield Township
  Fairfield Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Fairfield Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,284 people in the township, 711 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Fitchville Township
  Fitchville Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Fitchville Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,012 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Greenwich Township
  Greenwich Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Greenwich Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 954 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Blooming Grove Township, Richland County
  Blooming Grove Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Blooming Grove Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - southeast
• Cass Township, Richland County
  Cass Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Cass Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - southwest
• 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:...
  
   - west
• 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...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Ripley Township.

Name and history

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

Ripley Township, Holmes County, Ohio

Ripley Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,194 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part 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.