Bridgewater Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Williams County

Williams County, Ohio

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, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,401 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county along the Michigan

Michigan

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 line, it borders the following townships:

• Amboy Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan
  Amboy Township, Michigan
  Amboy Township is a civil township of Hillsdale County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 1,224....
  
   - north
• Madison Township
  Madison Township, Williams County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the twelve townships of Williams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,539 people in the township, 1,079 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Superior Township
  Superior Township, Williams County, Ohio
  Superior Township is one of the twelve townships of Williams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,769 people in the township, 1,452 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Florence Township
  Florence Township, Williams County, Ohio
  Florence Township is one of the twelve townships of Williams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,115 people in the township, 1,087 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Northwest Township
  Northwest Township, Williams County, Ohio
  Northwest Township is one of the twelve townships of Williams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,384 people in the township.-Geography:...
  
  - west

No municipalities are located in Bridgewater 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.