Falls Township is one of the eleven townships

Civil township

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 of Hocking County

Hocking County, Ohio

Hocking County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of 2010, the population was 29,380. Its county seat is Logan. Its name is from the Hocking River, the origins of which are disputed but is said to be a Delaware Indian word meaning "bottle river".-Geography:According to the...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 11,409 people in the township, 5,010 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Falls Township consists of two disconnected portions in the center and northeast of the county, separated by a short distance. While many Ohio townships are composed of disjointed pieces due to municipal annexations, separation only by other townships is very uncommon.

Its northeastern portion borders the following townships:

• Monday Creek Township, Perry County
  Monday Creek Township, Perry County, Ohio
  Monday Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 671 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Coal Township, Perry County
  Coal Township, Perry County, Ohio
  Coal Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,106 people in the township, 332 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Ward Township
  Ward Township, Hocking County, Ohio
  Ward Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,937 people in the township, 1,474 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Green Township
  Green Township, Hocking County, Ohio
  Green Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,585 people in the township, 2,280 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Marion Township
  Marion Township, Hocking County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,411 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west

Its southwestern portion borders the following townships:

• Marion Township
  Marion Township, Hocking County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,411 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Green Township
  Green Township, Hocking County, Ohio
  Green Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,585 people in the township, 2,280 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Starr Township
  Starr Township, Hocking County, Ohio
  Starr Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,477 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:*Green Township - north...
  
   - southeast
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Hocking County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,160 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Laurel Township
  Laurel Township, Hocking County, Ohio
  Laurel Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,190 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Good Hope Township - north...
  
   - west
• Good Hope Township
  Good Hope Township, Hocking County, Ohio
  Good Hope Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,444 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

The majority of the city of Logan

Logan, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 6,704 people, 2,790 households, and 1,768 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,175.2 people per square mile . There were 2,948 housing units at an average density of 956.5 per square mile...

, the county seat

County seat

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 of Hocking County, is located in the southwestern portion of Falls Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Falls Township is located in Muskingum County

Falls Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Falls Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,585 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western 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.