Wilkesville Township, Vinton County, Ohio
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Wilkesville Township is one of the twelve townships
Civil township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...

 of Vinton County
Vinton County, Ohio
Vinton County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,435. , the least populous in the state. Its county seat is McArthur. The county is named for Samuel Finley Vinton, a 19th-century United States Congressman from...

, Ohio
Ohio
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, United States
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. The 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

 found 888 people in the township, 737 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the far southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
  • Vinton Township
    Vinton Township, Vinton County, Ohio
    Vinton Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 558 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Madison Township: north...

    : north
  • Columbia Township, Meigs County
    Columbia Township, Meigs County, Ohio
    Columbia Township is one of the twelve townships of Meigs County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,018 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...

    : northeast corner
  • Salem Township, Meigs County
    Salem Township, Meigs County, Ohio
    Salem Township is one of the twelve townships of Meigs County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 944 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:*Columbia Township - north...

    : east
  • Huntington Township, Gallia County
    Huntington Township, Gallia County, Ohio
    Huntington Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,511 people in the township, 1,187 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

    : south
  • Bloomfield Township, Jackson County
    Bloomfield Township, Jackson County, Ohio
    Bloomfield Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 896 people lived in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

    : southwest corner
  • Milton Township, Jackson County
    Milton Township, Jackson County, Ohio
    Milton Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 1,119 people lived in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...

    : west


The farthest south township in Vinton County, it is the only county township to border Gallia County.

Wilkesville
Wilkesville, Ohio
Wilkesville is a village in Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 151 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wilkesville is located at ....

, the smallest village in Vinton County, is located in eastern Wilkesville 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.
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