Hanover Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Ashland County

Ashland County, Ohio

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, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,520 people in the township, 1,081 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Green Township
  Green Township, Ashland County, Ohio
  Green Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,887 people in the township, 1,662 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• 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:...
  
   - northeast
• Knox Township, Holmes County
  Knox Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Knox Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,095 people in the township, 1,060 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Jefferson Township, Knox County
  Jefferson Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 604 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Brown Township, Knox County
  Brown Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Brown Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,425 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• 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...
  
   - west
• 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...
  
   - northwest corner

Part of the village 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...

 is located in northeastern Hanover Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Hanover Townships are located in Butler

Hanover Township, Butler County, Ohio

Hanover Township, one of thirteen townships in the county, is located in west-central Butler County, Ohio, United States, midway between Hamilton and Oxford. It had a population of 7,878 in 2000, up from 7,653 in 1990. Rapidly growing, the Census Bureau in 2004 estimated the population was 8,751...

, Columbiana

Hanover Township, Columbiana County, Ohio

Hanover Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,749 people in the township, 3,362 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, and Licking

Hanover Township, Licking County, Ohio

Hanover Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,731 people in the township, 1,846 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-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.

External links

• County website