South Bloomfield Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Morrow County

Morrow County, Ohio

Morrow County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. Shawnee people used the area for hunting purposes before white settlers arrived in the early 19th century. Morrow County was organized in 1848 from parts of four neighboring counties and named for Jeremiah Morrow, Governor of...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,609 people in the township, 1,418 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Chester Township
  Chester Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  Chester Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,655 people in the township, 1,462 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Wayne Township, Knox County
  Wayne Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 898 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Middlebury Township - north...
  
   - northeast corner
• Liberty Township, Knox County
  Liberty Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,422 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Wayne Township - north...
  
   - east
• Milford Township, Knox County
  Milford Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Milford Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,422 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Hilliar Township, Knox County
  Hilliar Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Hilliar Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,080 people in the township, 1,648 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Porter Township, Delaware County
  Porter Township, Delaware County, Ohio
  Porter Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,696 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Bennington Township
  Bennington Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  Bennington Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,663 people in the township, 2,366 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Harmony Township
  Harmony Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  Harmony Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,040 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

The village of Sparta

Sparta, Ohio

Sparta is a village in Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The population was 191 at the 2000 census. Sparta is southeast of Mount Gilead, Ohio, the county seat.-Geography:Sparta is located at...

is located in northern South Bloomfield Township.

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.