Seneca Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Seneca County

Seneca County, Ohio

Seneca County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 56,745. Its county seat is Tiffin and it is named for the Seneca Indians.The Tiffin Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Seneca County....

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,585 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Hopewell Township
  Hopewell Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Hopewell Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,874 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the west central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Clinton Township
  Clinton Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Clinton Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,188 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Pleasant Township - north...
  
   - northeast corner
• Eden Township
  Eden Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Eden Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,020 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Clinton Township - north...
  
   - east
• Sycamore Township, Wyandot County
  Sycamore Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Sycamore Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,598 people in the township, 684 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Tymochtee Township, Wyandot County
  Tymochtee Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Tymochtee Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,186 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Crawford Township, Wyandot County
  Crawford Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Crawford Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,080 people in the township, 1,179 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Big Spring Township
  Big Spring Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Big Spring Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,791 people in the township, 1,565 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Loudon Township
  Loudon Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Loudon Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,395 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Jackson Township - north...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Seneca Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Seneca Townships are located in Monroe

Seneca Township, Monroe County, Ohio

Seneca Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 508 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...

 and Noble

Seneca Township, Noble County, Ohio

Seneca Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 453 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Wayne Township - north...

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.