Montgomery Township is one of the nineteen townships

Civil township

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 of Wood County

Wood County, Ohio

Wood County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 125,488. Its county seat is Bowling Green. The county was named for Captain Eleazer D. Wood, the engineer for General William Henry Harrison's army, who built Fort Meigs in the War of 1812...

, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 4,505 people in the township, 1,872 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Freedom Township
  Freedom Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Freedom Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,695 people in the township, 1,330 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Madison Township, Sandusky County
  Madison Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 3,721 people lived in the township, 1,215 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Scott Township, Sandusky County
  Scott Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Scott Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 1,502 people lived in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Jackson Township, Seneca County
  Jackson Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,640 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Perry Township
  Perry Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,934 people in the township, 1,856 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Bloom Township
  Bloom Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Bloom Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,535 people in the township, 896 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Portage Township
  Portage Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Portage Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,516 people in the township, 988 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Center Township
  Center Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Center Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,246 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Middleton Township - north...
  
   - northwest corner

Three villages are located in Montgomery Township:

• Bradner
  Bradner, Ohio
  Bradner is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,171 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bradner is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....
  
   in the northeast.
• Risingsun
  Risingsun, Ohio
  Risingsun is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 620 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Risingsun is located at ....
  
   in the southeast.
• Wayne
  Wayne, Ohio
  Wayne is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 842 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wayne is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....
  
   in the center.

Name and history

Statewide, other Montgomery Townships are located in Ashland

Montgomery Township, Ashland County, Ohio

Montgomery Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,412 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Orange Township - north...

 and Marion

Montgomery Township, Marion County, Ohio

Montgomery Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,498 people in the township, 1,175 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.

The Montgomery Township Hall is located on the corner of Mermill Road at Bradner Road.