Warwick Township is one of the twenty-two townships

Civil township

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 of Tuscarawas County

Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Tuscarawas County is a county located in the eastern part of the state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 92,582. Its county seat is New Philadelphia...

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,746 people in the township, 1,788 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Goshen Township
  Goshen Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Goshen Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,285 people in the township, 4,225 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Mill Township
  Mill Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Mill Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 10,290 people in the township, 1,835 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Rush Township
  Rush Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Rush Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 887 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Clay Township
  Clay Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Clay Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,981 people in the township, 721 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• York Township
  York Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  York Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,292 people in the township.-Geography:Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Dover Township - north...
  
   - northwest

Several populated places are located in Warwick Township:

• Part of Gnadenhutten
  Gnadenhutten, Ohio
  Gnadenhutten is a village located on the Tuscarawas River in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States and is Ohio's oldest existing settlement. The population was 1,280 at the 2000 census....
  
  , a village in the south
• Tuscarawas
  Tuscarawas, Ohio
  Tuscarawas is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 934 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Tuscarawas is located at , along the Tuscarawas River....
  
  , a village in the center
• Wainwright
  Wainwright, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Wainwright is an unincorporated community in northern Warwick Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. It lies along Wainwright Road, between Tuscarawas and New Philadelphia....
  
  , an unincorporated community
  Unincorporated area
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  in the north

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. The current trustees are Robert Briggs, Belle Everett, and Keith Pretorius, and the fiscal officer is Susan Robson.