Plymouth Township is one of the twenty-seven townships

Civil township

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 of Ashtabula County

Ashtabula County, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,081 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Ashtabula Township
  Ashtabula Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Ashtabula Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 23,239 people in the township, 6,371 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Kingsville Township
  Kingsville Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Kingsville Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,847 people in the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Sheffield Township
  Sheffield Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Sheffield Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,491 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Denmark Township
  Denmark Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Denmark Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 880 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Jefferson Township
  Jefferson Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,559 people in the township, 1,987 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Austinburg Township
  Austinburg Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Austinburg Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,234 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Saybrook Township
  Saybrook Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Saybrook Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 10,051 people in the township, 5,957 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west

No municipalities are located in Plymouth Township.

The unincorporated settlements of Plymouth and Plymouth Center are located near the center of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Plymouth Township is located in Richland County

Plymouth Township, Richland County, Ohio

Plymouth Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...

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The first settlers in Plymouth Township arrived in 1805 and 1806.

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. Currently, the board is composed of chairman David Waldron and members Edwin Friedstrom and Kevin Presley.