Roundhead Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Hardin County

Hardin County, Ohio

Hardin County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 32,058. Its county seat is Kenton and is named for John Hardin, an officer in the American Revolution.-Geography:According to the U.S...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 752 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Marion Township
  Marion Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,449 people in the township, 1,039 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• McDonald Township
  McDonald Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  McDonald Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 914 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Cessna Township - north...
  
   - east
• Richland Township, Logan County
  Richland Township, Logan County, Ohio
  Richland Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,455 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Stokes Township, Logan County
  Stokes Township, Logan County, Ohio
  Stokes Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,367 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Goshen Township, Auglaize County
  Goshen Township, Auglaize County, Ohio
  Goshen Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 523 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the eastern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west, south of Wayne Township
• Wayne Township, Auglaize County
  Wayne Township, Auglaize County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,591 people in the township, 788 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west, north of Goshen Township
• Auglaize Township, Allen County
  Auglaize Township, Allen County, Ohio
  Auglaize Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,850 people in the township, 2,359 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

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

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 of Roundhead

Roundhead, Ohio

Roundhead is an unincorporated community in southeastern Roundhead Township, Hardin County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43346...

 lies in the township's southeast.

Name and history

The only Roundhead Township statewide, it is named for Wyandot chief Roundhead

Roundhead (Wyandot)

Roundhead , also known as Bark Carrier, Round Head, Stayeghtha, and Stiahta, was a Native American chief of the Wyandot tribe...

, who inhabited the area in the early 19th century.

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.