Rarden Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Scioto County

Scioto County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 79,195 people, 30,871 households, and 21,362 families residing in the county. The population density was 129 people per square mile . There were 34,054 housing units at an average density of 56 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,122 people in the township, 946 of whom lived in the unincorporated parts of the township.

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Sunfish Township, Pike County
  Sunfish Township, Pike County, Ohio
  Sunfish Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,317 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Benton Township - north...
  
   - north
• Camp Creek Township, Pike County
  Camp Creek Township, Pike County, Ohio
  Camp Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 951 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Morgan Township
  Morgan Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Morgan Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,297 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Brush Creek Township
  Brush Creek Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Brush Creek Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,149 people in the township, 1,063 of whom lived in the unincorporated parts of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Meigs Township, Adams County
  Meigs Township, Adams County, Ohio
  Meigs Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,753 people in the township, 2,014 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Franklin Township, Adams County
  Franklin Township, Adams County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,167 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west

The village of Rarden

Rarden, Ohio

Rarden is a village in Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The population was 176 at the 2000 census. It was originally called "Moccasin" by early Pennsylvania settlers, and it originated in 1846.-Geography:Rarden is located at ....

lies in the center of the township.

Name and history

It is the only Rarden Township statewide.

Rarden Township was organized January 10, 1891.

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.

It is served by the Rarden Volunteer Fire Department, based in the village of Rarden.