Berlin Township is one of the twenty-two townships

Civil township

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 of Knox County

Knox County, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,789 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Jefferson Township, Richland County
  Jefferson Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - north
• Worthington Township, Richland County
  Worthington Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Worthington Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - northeast corner
• Pike Township
  Pike Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Pike Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,298 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Morris Township
  Morris Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Morris Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,998 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the west central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Wayne Township
  Wayne Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 898 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Middlebury Township - north...
  
   - southwest corner
• Middlebury Township
  Middlebury Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Middlebury Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,138 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west

No municipalities are located in Berlin Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Berlin Townships are located in Delaware

Berlin Township, Delaware County, Ohio

Berlin Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,315 people in the township, 3,313 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, Erie

Berlin Township, Erie County, Ohio

Berlin Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area...

, Holmes

Berlin Township, Holmes County, Ohio

Berlin Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,857 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the east central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

, and Mahoning Counties.

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.