Seneca Township is one of the eighteen townships

Civil township

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 of Monroe County

Monroe County, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 508 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Beaver Township, Noble County
  Beaver Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Beaver Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 758 people in the township, 658 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Somerset Township, Belmont County
  Somerset Township, Belmont County, Ohio
  Somerset Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,186 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Malaga Township
  Malaga Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Malaga Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 979 people in the township, 845 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Summit Township
  Summit Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Summit Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 714 people in the township, 481 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Franklin Township
  Franklin Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 453 people in the township, 367 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Stock Township, Noble County
  Stock Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Stock Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 383 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Marion Township - north...
  
   - southwest corner
• Marion Township, Noble County
  Marion Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 730 people in the township, 434 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west

No municipalities are located in Seneca Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Seneca Townships are located in Noble

Seneca Township, Noble County, Ohio

Seneca Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 453 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Wayne Township - north...

 and Seneca

Seneca Township, Seneca County, Ohio

Seneca Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,585 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

Counties.

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.