Batavia Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Clermont County

Clermont County, Ohio

Clermont County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States, just east of Cincinnati. As of 2010, the population was 197,363. Its county seat is Batavia...

, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 17,503 people in the township, 15,039 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Stonelick Township
  Stonelick Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Stonelick Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,816 people in the township, 5,000 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2576 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Williamsburg Township
  Williamsburg Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Williamsburg Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,005 people in the township, 2,647 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Tate Township
  Tate Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Tate Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,935 people in the township, 6,298 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Monroe Township
  Monroe Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,236 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Pierce Township
  Pierce Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Pierce Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 12,226 people in the township, 10,321 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Union Township
  Union Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 42,332 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Miami Township - north...
  
   - northwest

Two incorporated villages are located in Batavia Township: part of Amelia

Amelia, Ohio

Amelia is a village in Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,752 at the 2000 census.-History:The name Amelia was adopted in honor of Amelia Bowdoin, a well known and popular tollgate operator on the Ohio Turnpike - Main Street, today State Route 125. Her home still stands at 94 W...

 in the southwest, and the county seat

County seat

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 of Batavia

Batavia, Ohio

Batavia is a village in and the county seat of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,617 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Batavia is located at ....

in the center.

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.