Troy Township is one of the nineteen townships

Civil township

A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...

 of Wood County

Wood County, Ohio

Wood County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 125,488. Its county seat is Bowling Green. The county was named for Captain Eleazer D. Wood, the engineer for General William Henry Harrison's army, who built Fort Meigs in the War of 1812...

, Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

 found 4,355 people in the township, 3,357 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Lake Township
  Lake Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Lake Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 10,350 people in the township, 6,643 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Clay Township, Ottawa County
  Clay Township, Ottawa County, Ohio
  Clay Township is one of the twelve townships of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,118 people in the township, 2,888 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Woodville Township, Sandusky County
  Woodville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Woodville Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 3,304 people lived in the township, 1,327 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Freedom Township
  Freedom Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Freedom Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,695 people in the township, 1,330 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Webster Township
  Webster Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Webster Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,277 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Perrysburg Township
  Perrysburg Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Perrysburg Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 13,613 people in the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

The village of Luckey

Luckey, Ohio

Luckey is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 998 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Luckey is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....

 is located in southwestern Troy Township, and the unincorporated communities

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 of Lemoyne

Lemoyne, Ohio

Lemoyne is an unincorporated community in northern Troy Township, Wood County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43441. It lies along the concurrent U.S. Routes 20 and 23.-References:...

 and Stony Ridge

Stony Ridge, Ohio

Stony Ridge is an unincorporated community in northwestern Troy Township, Wood County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43463. It is located along the concurrent U.S. Routes 20 and 23....

in the township's north and northwest respectively.

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.