Washington Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Holmes County

Holmes County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 38,943 people, 11,337 households, and 9,194 families residing in the county. The population density was 92 people per square mile . There were 12,280 housing units at an average density of 29 per square mile...

, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,614 people in the township, 1,419 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Lake Township, Ashland County
  Lake Township, Ashland County, Ohio
  Lake Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 735 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Mohican Township - north...
  
   - north
• Clinton Township, Wayne County
  Clinton Township, Wayne County, Ohio
  Clinton Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,196 people in the township, 1,614 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Ripley Township
  Ripley Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Ripley Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,194 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Knox Township
  Knox Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Knox Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,095 people in the township, 1,060 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Hanover Township, Ashland County
  Hanover Township, Ashland County, Ohio
  Hanover Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,520 people in the township, 1,081 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Green Township, Ashland County
  Green Township, Ashland County, Ohio
  Green Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,887 people in the township, 1,662 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

Several populated places are located in Washington Township:

• Part of the village of Loudonville
  Loudonville, Ohio
  Loudonville is a village in Ashland and Holmes counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 2,906 at the 2000 census. Loudonville is nicknamed the "Canoe Capital of Ohio" for the many canoe liveries along the Mohican River...
  
  , in the west
• Part of the village of Nashville
  Nashville, Ohio
  Nashville is a village in Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The population was 172 at the 2000 census. It is the site since 1978 of the annual, patriotic "Guadalcanal Day" event, held the first Saturday of August. Reigning and perennial champion Kevin Swan is expected to hold that position for...
  
  , in the southeast
• The unincorporated community
  Unincorporated area
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   of Lakeville
  Lakeville, Ohio
  Lakeville is an unincorporated community in northeastern Washington Township, Holmes County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44638. It lies along State Route 226 west of Odell Lake and south of Bonnett and Round Lakes....
  
  , in the northeast

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.