Vinton Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Vinton County

Vinton County, Ohio

Vinton County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,435. , the least populous in the state. Its county seat is McArthur. The county is named for Samuel Finley Vinton, a 19th-century United States Congressman from...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 558 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Madison Township
  Madison Township, Vinton County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 682 people in the township, 307 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
  : north
• Knox Township
  Knox Township, Vinton County, Ohio
  Knox Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 599 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the far eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
  : northeast
• Columbia Township, Meigs County
  Columbia Township, Meigs County, Ohio
  Columbia Township is one of the twelve townships of Meigs County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,018 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
  : east
• Salem Township, Meigs County
  Salem Township, Meigs County, Ohio
  Salem Township is one of the twelve townships of Meigs County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 944 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:*Columbia Township - north...
  
  : southeast corner
• Wilkesville Township
  Wilkesville Township, Vinton County, Ohio
  Wilkesville Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 888 people in the township, 737 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
  : south
• Milton Township, Jackson County
  Milton Township, Jackson County, Ohio
  Milton Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 1,119 people lived in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
  : southwest
• Clinton Township
  Clinton Township, Vinton County, Ohio
  Clinton Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,045 people in the township, 1,174 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
  : west
• Elk Township
  Elk Township, Vinton County, Ohio
  Elk Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,134 people in the township, 1,246 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
  : northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Vinton Township, although the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Oreton

Oreton, Ohio

Oreton is a ghost town in eastern Vinton Township, Vinton County, Ohio, United States, located along State Route 160. Oreton was a small mining community. Today, all that remains are the crumbled ruins of the iron furnace, a few concrete foundations, and the brick safe of Dave Ebert's company...

lies in the township's west.

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.