Washington Township is one of the twenty-five townships

Civil township

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 of Muskingum County

Muskingum County, Ohio

Muskingum County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 86,074. Its county seat is Zanesville...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 4,284 people in the township.

Geography

Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Madison Township
  Madison Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 487 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Salem Township
  Salem Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Salem Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 830 people in the township, 703 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Perry Township
  Perry Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,420 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the east central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Wayne Township
  Wayne Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,455 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the south central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Springfield Township
  Springfield Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Springfield Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,433 people in the township, 3,562 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Falls Township
  Falls Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Falls Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,585 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Muskingum Township
  Muskingum Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Muskingum Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,813 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the north central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Washington Township, although the census-designated place

Census-designated place

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 of Pleasant Grove

Pleasant Grove, Ohio

Pleasant Grove is a census-designated place in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,016 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Pleasant Grove is located at ....

 is located in the southern part of the 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.