Springfield Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Jefferson County

Jefferson County, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,568 people in the township, 1,231 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Fox Township, Carroll County
  Fox Township, Carroll County, Ohio
  Fox Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,075 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Brush Creek Township
  Brush Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Brush Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 467 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Ross Township
  Ross Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Ross Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 655 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Salem Township
  Salem Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Salem Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,162 people in the township, 2,691 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• German Township, Harrison County
  German Township, Harrison County, Ohio
  German Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 767 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Loudon Township, Carroll County
  Loudon Township, Carroll County, Ohio
  Loudon Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,032 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Lee Township, Carroll County
  Lee Township, Carroll County, Ohio
  Lee Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,128 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west

Several populated places are located in Springfield Township:

• The village of Amsterdam
  Amsterdam, Ohio
  Amsterdam is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 568 at the 2000 census. Residents of Amsterdam are commonly referred to as Amsterdamians...
  
  , in the west
• The village of Bergholz
  Bergholz, Ohio
  Bergholz is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 769 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
  
  , in the north
• The unincorporated community
  Unincorporated area
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   of Wolf Run
  Wolf Run, Ohio
  Wolf Run is an unincorporated community in eastern Springfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43970...
  
  , in the east

Name and history

It is one of eleven Springfield Townships statewide

Springfield Township, Ohio

Springfield Township, Ohio may refer to:*Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio*Springfield Township, Gallia County, Ohio*Springfield Township, Hamilton County, Ohio*Springfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio*Springfield Township, Lucas County, Ohio...

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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.