Weston Township is one of the nineteen townships

Civil township

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 of Wood County

Wood County, Ohio

Wood County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 125,488. Its county seat is Bowling Green. The county was named for Captain Eleazer D. Wood, the engineer for General William Henry Harrison's army, who built Fort Meigs in the War of 1812...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,274 people in the township, 741 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,688 people in the township, 1,324 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Plain Township
  Plain Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Plain Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,706 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Middleton Township - north...
  
   - east
• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,862 people in the township, 1,730 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeastern corner
• Milton Township
  Milton Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Milton Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,159 people in the township, 630 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Richfield Township, Henry County
  Richfield Township, Henry County, Ohio
  Richfield Township is one of the thirteen townships of Henry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 654 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Damascus Township - north...
  
   - southwestern corner
• Damascus Township, Henry County
  Damascus Township, Henry County, Ohio
  Damascus Township is one of the thirteen townships of Henry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,781 people in the township, 1,020 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Grand Rapids Township
  Grand Rapids Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Grand Rapids Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,631 people in the township, 629 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

Part of the village of Weston

Weston, Ohio

Weston is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,659 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Weston is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....

is located in southeastern Weston Township.

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 Weston Township Hall is located at the intersection of Euler and Van Tassel Roads, just north of Weston.