Washington Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Defiance County

Defiance County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 39,500 people, 15,138 households, and 11,020 families residing in the county. The population density was 96 people per square mile . There were 16,040 housing units at an average density of 39 per square mile...

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,521 people in the township, 364 of whom lived in the village of Ney, and 1,157 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Pulaski Township, Williams County
  Pulaski Township, Williams County, Ohio
  Pulaski Township is one of the twelve townships of Williams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,628 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Springfield Township, Williams County
  Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
  Springfield Township is one of the twelve townships of Williams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,958 people in the township, 841 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Tiffin Township
  Tiffin Township, Defiance County, Ohio
  Tiffin Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,705 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Noble Township
  Noble Township, Defiance County, Ohio
  Noble Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,171 people in the township, 3,897 of whom lived in the city of Defiance, and 2,274 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township....
  
   - southeast corner
• Delaware Township
  Delaware Township, Defiance County, Ohio
  Delaware Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,128 people in the township, 801 of whom lived in the village of Sherwood, and 1,327 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township....
  
   - south
• Mark Township
  Mark Township, Defiance County, Ohio
  Mark Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 968 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Farmer Township - north...
  
   - southwest corner
• Farmer Township
  Farmer Township, Defiance County, Ohio
  Farmer Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 932 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Center Township, Williams County
  Center Township, Williams County, Ohio
  Center Township is one of the twelve townships of Williams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,056 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Superior Township - north...
  
   - northwest corner

The village of Ney

Ney, Ohio

Ney is a village in Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The population was 364 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Ney is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...

 is located in central Washington Township.

Name and history

It is one of forty-three Washington Townships statewide.

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.

Transportation

Significant highways in Washington Township include:

• U.S. Route 127
  U.S. Route 127
  U.S. Route 127 is a long north–south United States highway in the eastern half of the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 27 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The northern terminus is at Interstate 75 near Grayling, Michigan...
  
  , which travels from north to south through the western half of the township
• State Route 15, which travels from northwest to southeast through the center of the township
• State Route 249
  Ohio State Route 249
  State Route 249 is an east–west state highway in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. The western terminus of State Route 249 is at the Indiana State Line approximately southwest of Edgerton, where State Route 249 continues into the Hoosier State as De Kalb County Road 40...
  
  , which travels west from its beginning in Ney to the Farmer Township line