Colerain Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Ross County

Ross County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 73,345 people, 27,136 households, and 19,185 families residing in the county. The population density was 106 people per square mile . There were 29,461 housing units at an average density of 43 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 1,943 people in the township, 1,572 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Salt Creek Township, Pickaway County - north
• Perry Township, Hocking County
  Perry Township, Hocking County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,554 people in the township, 2,021 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Salt Creek Township, Hocking County
  Salt Creek Township, Hocking County, Ohio
  Salt Creek Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,260 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Harrison Township
  Harrison Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Harrison Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,293 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Springfield Township
  Springfield Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Springfield Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,277 people in the township, 2,276 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Green Township
  Green Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Green Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,492 people in the township, 3,460 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Pickaway Township, Pickaway County
  Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
  Pickaway Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,851 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

Two populated places are located in northeastern Colerain Township: the village of Adelphi

Adelphi, Ohio

Adelphi is a village in Ross County, Ohio, United States. The population was 371 at the 2000 census. The current Mayor of Adelphi is Josh Hettinger, a 1999 graduate of Zane Trace High School.-Geography:Adelphi is located at ....

 and the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Hallsville

Hallsville, Ohio

Hallsville is an unincorporated community in northeastern Colerain Township, Ross County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45633. It is located along State Route 180.-References:...

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Name and history

Statewide, other Colerain Townships are located in Belmont

Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio

Colerain Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,438 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

 and Hamilton

Colerain Township, Hamilton County, Ohio

Colerain Township is one of the twelve townships of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 60,144 people in the township, more than in any other township in Ohio.-Geography:...

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.