Sharon Township is one of the eighteen townships

Civil township

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 of Richland County

Richland County, Ohio

Richland County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 124,475. It is included in the Mansfield, Ohio, Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Mansfield–Bucyrus Combined Statistical Area....

, Ohio

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, United States

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. It is a part of the Mansfield

Mansfield, Ohio

Mansfield is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Richland County. The municipality is located in north-central Ohio in the western foothills of the Allegheny Plateau, approximately southwest of Cleveland and northeast of Columbus....

 Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 9,720 people in the township, 991 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Plymouth Township
  Plymouth Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Plymouth Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - north
• Cass Township
  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...
  
   - northeast corner
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - east
• Springfield Township
  Springfield Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Springfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - southeast
• Sandusky Township
  Sandusky Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Sandusky Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - south
• Jackson Township, Crawford County
  Jackson Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,487 people in the township, 402 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Vernon Township, Crawford County
  Vernon Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Vernon Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 817 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Auburn Township - north...
  
   - west
• Auburn Township, Crawford County
  Auburn Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Auburn Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 897 people in the township, 616 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

Most of the city of Shelby

Shelby, Ohio

Shelby is a city in Richland County in the U.S. state of Ohio, northwest of the city of Mansfield. It is part of the Mansfield, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 9,821 at the 2000 census.-History:...

 is located in northeastern Sharon Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Sharon Townships are located in Franklin

Sharon Township, Franklin County, Ohio

Sharon Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 16,455 people in the township, 1,831 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, Medina

Sharon Township, Medina County, Ohio

Sharon Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,244 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the east part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:...

, and Noble

Sharon Township, Noble County, Ohio

Sharon Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 353 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Noble Township - northeast...

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.