Washington Township is one of the eighteen townships

Civil township

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 of Monroe County

Monroe County, Ohio

Monroe County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,642. Its county seat is Woodsfield and is named for James Monroe, Secretary of State when the county was formed and later President of the United States....

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 520 people in the township, 407 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Wayne Township
  Wayne Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 348 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Summit Township - north...
  
   - north
• Perry Township
  Perry Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 455 people in the township, 366 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Benton Township
  Benton Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Benton Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 349 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Perry Township - north...
  
   - east
• Grandview Township, Washington County
  Grandview Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Grandview Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,834 people in the township, 877 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Ludlow Township, Washington County
  Ludlow Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Ludlow Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 330 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Bethel Township
  Bethel Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Bethel Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 357 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Franklin Township
  Franklin Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 453 people in the township, 367 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

The village of Graysville

Graysville, Ohio

Graysville is a village in Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The population was 113 at the 2000 census.Graysville is served by the Monroe County District Library from its administrative offices in Woodsfield, Ohio.-Geography:...

 is located in northern Washington Township, and the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Rinard Mills

Rinard Mills, Ohio

Rinard Mills is a small unincorporated village on the Little Muskingum River in southwestern Washington Township, Monroe County, Ohio, United States. It is named after Isaac Rinard, who owned a mill at the village. The village is situated on State Route 26 between Marietta and Woodsfield . The...

 lies along the Little Muskingum River

Little Muskingum River

The Little Muskingum River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 65 mi long, in southeast Ohio in the United States.It rises in the hill country of Monroe County, approximately 5 mi northwest of the Ohio River and 8 mi southeast of Woodsfield...

 in the township's southwest.

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.