Clinton Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Shelby County

Shelby County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 47,910 people, 17,636 households, and 13,085 families residing in the county. The population density was 117 people per square mile . There were 18,682 housing units at an average density of 46 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 20,903 people in the township, 1,223 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Franklin Township
  Franklin Township, Shelby County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,842 people in the township, 1,773 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Salem Township
  Salem Township, Shelby County, Ohio
  Salem Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,231 people in the township, 1,910 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Perry Township
  Perry Township, Shelby County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,128 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Salem Township - north...
  
   - east
• Orange Township
  Orange Township, Shelby County, Ohio
  Orange Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,419 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Clinton Township - north...
  
   - south
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Shelby County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,083 people in the township, 1,875 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Turtle Creek Township
  Turtle Creek Township, Shelby County, Ohio
  Turtle Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,583 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

Most of Clinton Township is occupied by the city of Sidney

Sidney, Ohio

Sidney is a city in Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The population was 20,211 at the 2000 census. It is named after English poet Sir Phillip Sidney and is the county seat of Shelby County.Sidney was the recipient of the 1964 All-America City Award...

, the county seat

County seat

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of Shelby County.

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.