Vernon Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Scioto County

Scioto County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 79,195 people, 30,871 households, and 21,362 families residing in the county. The population density was 129 people per square mile . There were 34,054 housing units at an average density of 56 per square mile...

, Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,855 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Bloom Township
  Bloom Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Bloom Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,218 people in the township, 2,454 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Decatur Township, Lawrence County
  Decatur Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
  Decatur Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 839 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Elizabeth Township, Lawrence County
  Elizabeth Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
  Elizabeth Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,914 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Green Township
  Green Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Green Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,079 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the far south of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Porter Township
  Porter Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Porter Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found people in the township, of whom lived in the unincorporated parts of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Harrison Township
  Harrison Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Harrison Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,497 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Madison Township - north...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Vernon Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Vernon Townships are located in Clinton

Vernon Township, Clinton County, Ohio

Vernon Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,685 people in the township, 2,188 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township, up from 2,015 in 1990.-Geography:...

, Crawford

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...

, and Trumbull

Vernon Township, Trumbull County, Ohio

Vernon Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,765 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

Counties.

Vernon Township was organized in 1818.

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.