Green Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Ashland County

Ashland County, Ohio

Ashland County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States, and was formed in 1846 from parts of Huron, Lorain, Richland and Wayne Counties. As of the 2010 census, the population was 53,139. Its county seat is Ashland...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,887 people in the township, 1,662 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Vermillion Township - north
• Mohican Township
  Mohican Township, Ashland County, Ohio
  Mohican Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,857 people in the township, 1,379 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Lake Township
  Lake Township, Ashland County, Ohio
  Lake Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 735 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Mohican Township - north...
  
   - east
• Washington Township, Holmes County
  Washington Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,614 people in the township, 1,419 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Hanover Township
  Hanover Township, Ashland County, Ohio
  Hanover Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,520 people in the township, 1,081 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Worthington Township, Richland County
  Worthington Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Worthington Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - southwest corner
• Monroe Township, Richland County
  Monroe Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - west
• Mifflin Township
  Mifflin Township, Ashland County, Ohio
  Mifflin Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,083 people in the township, 939 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

Two villages are located in Green Township: part of Loudonville

Loudonville, Ohio

Loudonville is a village in Ashland and Holmes counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 2,906 at the 2000 census. Loudonville is nicknamed the "Canoe Capital of Ohio" for the many canoe liveries along the Mohican River...

 in the southeast, and Perrysville

Perrysville, Ohio

Perrysville is a village in Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The population was 816 at the 2000 census. The area was first permanently settled around 1811. One of the settlers, Judge Coulter, picked the most beautiful spot for a village with the intentions of naming it Coulterville...

in the southwest.

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.