Springfield Township is one of the twenty-five townships

Civil township

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 of Muskingum County

Muskingum County, Ohio

Muskingum County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 86,074. Its county seat is Zanesville...

, 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 5,433 people in the township, 3,562 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Falls Township
  Falls Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Falls Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,585 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,284 people in the township.-Geography:Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Wayne Township
  Wayne Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,455 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the south central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Brush Creek Township
  Brush Creek Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Brush Creek Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,375 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Newton Township
  Newton Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Newton Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,402 people in the township, 5,186 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Hopewell Township
  Hopewell Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Hopewell Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,038 people in the township, 2,947 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

Two municipalities are located in Springfield Township: the village of South Zanesville

South Zanesville, Ohio

South Zanesville is a village in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States, along the Muskingum River at the mouth of Moxahala Creek. The population was 1,936 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

 in the southwest, and part of the city of Zanesville

Zanesville, Ohio

Zanesville is a city in and the county seat of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The population was 25,586 at the 2000 census.Zanesville was named after Ebenezer Zane, who had constructed Zane's Trace, a pioneer road through present-day Ohio...

, the county seat

County seat

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 of Muskingum County, in the northeast.

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.