Washington Township is one of the seventeen townships

Civil township

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 of Highland County

Highland County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 40,875 people, 15,587 households, and 11,394 families residing in the county. The population density was 74 people per square mile . There were 17,583 housing units at an average density of 32 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,048 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,798 people in the township, 3,430 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Marshall Township
  Marshall Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Marshall Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,008 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,099 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Concord Township
  Concord Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Concord Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,167 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• New Market Township
  New Market Township, Highland County, Ohio
  New Market Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,941 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west

No municipalities are located in 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.