Atwater Township is one of the eighteen townships

Civil township

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 of Portage County

Portage County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,762 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Edinburg Township
  Edinburg Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Edinburg Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,344 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Palmyra Township
  Palmyra Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Palmyra Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,785 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Deerfield Township
  Deerfield Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Deerfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,211 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Lexington Township, Stark County
  Lexington Township, Stark County, Ohio
  Lexington Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,583 people in the township, 5,390 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Marlboro Township, Stark County
  Marlboro Township, Stark County, Ohio
  Marlboro Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,227 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Randolph Township
  Randolph Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Randolph Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,504 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Rootstown Township
  Rootstown Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Rootstown Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,212 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Atwater Township.

Formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve

Connecticut Western Reserve

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, Atwater Township covers an area of 25 sq mi (64.7 km²).

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.

Public services

Students in Atwater Township are served by the Waterloo Local School District, which also serves neighboring Randolph Township. Fire and EMS protection is provided by the Atwater Township Volunteer Fire Department.