Elizabeth Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Lawrence County

Lawrence County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 62,319 people, 24,732 households, and 17,807 families residing in the county. The population density was 137 people per square mile . There were 27,189 housing units at an average density of 60 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 2,914 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Decatur Township
  Decatur Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
  Decatur Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 839 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Aid Township
  Aid Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
  Aid Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The township had a population of 907 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Lawrence Township
  Lawrence Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
  Lawrence Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,574 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Aid Township - north...
  
   - southeast
• Upper Township
  Upper Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
  Upper Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 15,648 people in the township, 3,170 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Hamilton Township
  Hamilton Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
  Hamilton Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,817 people in the township, 792 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Green Township, Scioto County
  Green Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Green Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,079 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the far south of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Vernon Township, Scioto County
  Vernon Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Vernon Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,855 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Bloom Township - north...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Elizabeth Township, although the unincorporated communities

Unincorporated area

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 of Etna

Etna, Lawrence County, Ohio

Etna is an unincorporated community in eastern Elizabeth Township, Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. It lies at an elevation of 620 feet ....

 and Pedro

Pedro, Ohio

Pedro is an unincorporated community in central Elizabeth Township, Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with ZIP code of 45659.-Public services:...

 lie in the eastern part of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Elizabeth Township is located in Miami County

Elizabeth Township, Miami County, Ohio

Elizabeth Township is one of the twelve townships of Miami County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,620 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

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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.