Washington Township is one of the seventeen townships

Civil township

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 of Franklin County

Franklin County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. Although (by the nature of townships in Ohio) it is located only in Franklin County, it is connected with areas in Delaware

Delaware County, Ohio

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 and Union

Union County, Ohio

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 counties.http://www.wtwp.com/ The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,412 people in the township, 1,035 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Dublin
  Dublin, Ohio
  Dublin is a city in Franklin, Delaware, and Union counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 41,751 at the 2010 census. Dublin is a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. Approximately 57,000 people live within the Dublin school district....
  
   - northeast
• Hilliard
  Hilliard, Ohio
  Hilliard is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The population was 28,435 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Hilliard is located at . It is bordered on the east by Upper Arlington, on the north by Dublin, on the south by Galloway and Columbus, and to the west lies open farmland...
  
   - southeast
• Brown Township
  Brown Township, Franklin County, Ohio
  Brown Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,031 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest, east of Canaan Township
• Canaan Township, Madison County
  Canaan Township, Madison County, Ohio
  Canaan Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,496 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest, west of Brown Township
• Darby Township, Madison County
  Darby Township, Madison County, Ohio
  Darby Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,872 people in the township, 935 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Jerome Township, Union County
  Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio
  Jerome Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,950 people in the township, 3,033 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

Several small exclaves of the township are located within the city of Dublin.

Much of eastern Washington Township is occupied by the city of Dublin, and the city of Hilliard includes a small part of southern Washington Township. As well, the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Amlin

Amlin, Ohio

Amlin is an unincorporated community in southwestern Washington Township, Franklin County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43002....

 lies in the southwestern part of the township.

Name and history

It is one of forty-three Washington Townships statewide.

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.

External links

• Township website
• County website