Spencer Township is one of the nineteen townships

Civil township

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 of Guernsey County

Guernsey County, Ohio

Guernsey County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 40,087. Its county seat is Cambridge and is named for the Isle of Guernsey in the English Channel, from which many of the county's early settlers came....

, Ohio

Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,058 people in the township, 656 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Westland Township
  Westland Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Westland Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,931 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,399 people in the township, 2,825 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Valley Township
  Valley Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Valley Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,378 people in the township, 1,939 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Buffalo Township, Noble County
  Buffalo Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Buffalo Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 782 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast, north of Noble Township
• Noble Township, Noble County
  Noble Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Noble Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,013 people in the township, 1,750 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast, south of Buffalo Township
• Brookfield Township, Noble County
  Brookfield Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Brookfield Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 119 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Meigs Township, Muskingum County
  Meigs Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Meigs Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 173 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Rich Hill Township, Muskingum County
  Rich Hill Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Rich Hill Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 385 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the eastern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west

The village of Cumberland

Cumberland, Ohio

Cumberland is a village in Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The population was 402 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Cumberland is located at ....

 is located in southern Spencer Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Spencer Townships are located in Allen

Spencer Township, Allen County, Ohio

Spencer Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,106 people in the township, 871 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, Lucas

Spencer Township, Lucas County, Ohio

Spencer Township is one of the eleven townships of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,708 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Richfield Township - north...

, and Medina

Spencer Township, Medina County, Ohio

Spencer Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,429 people in the township, 1,682 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.