Eagle Township is one of the seventeen townships

Civil township

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 of Hancock County

Hancock County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,195 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,469 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Marion Township
  Marion Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,203 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Cass Township - north...
  
   - northeast corner
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,060 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Madison Township
  Madison Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,156 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Van Buren Township
  Van Buren Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Van Buren Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 943 people in the township, 708 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Orange Township
  Orange Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Orange Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,290 people in the township, 1,113 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Union Township
  Union Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,726 people in the township, 1,058 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Blanchard Township
  Blanchard Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Blanchard Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,170 people in the township, 855 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Eagle Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Eagle Townships are located in Brown

Eagle Township, Brown County, Ohio

Eagle Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,438 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...

 and Vinton

Eagle Township, Vinton County, Ohio

Eagle Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 412 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...

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.