Center Township is one of the eighteen townships

Civil township

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 of Monroe County

Monroe County, Ohio

Monroe County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,642. Its county seat is Woodsfield and is named for James Monroe, Secretary of State when the county was formed and later President of the United States....

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Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,797 people in the township, 1,199 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Sunsbury Township
  Sunsbury Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Sunsbury Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,424 people in the township, 873 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Adams Township
  Adams Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Adams Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 672 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Sunsbury Township - north...
  
   - east
• Green Township
  Green Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Green Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 422 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Adams Township - north...
  
   - southeast
• Perry Township
  Perry Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 455 people in the township, 366 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Wayne Township
  Wayne Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 348 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Summit Township - north...
  
   - southwest
• Summit Township
  Summit Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Summit Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 714 people in the township, 481 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Malaga Township
  Malaga Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Malaga Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 979 people in the township, 845 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

The village of Woodsfield

Woodsfield, Ohio

Woodsfield is a village in Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,598 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Monroe County and houses the Monroe County Courthouse.-Geography:Woodsfield is located at ....

, the county seat

County seat

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of Monroe County, is located in northern Center 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.