Washington Township is one of the eleven townships

Civil township

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 of Lucas County

Lucas County, Ohio

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, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,574 people in the township.

Geography

Most of what was once Washington Township is now incorporated municipality, leaving only two small pieces. Those pieces have the following borders:

• Western piece: completely surrounded by Toledo
  Toledo, Ohio
  Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...
  
  
• Eastern piece: surrounded by Toledo, except for a border on Erie Township, Monroe County, Michigan
  Erie Township, Michigan
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   in the north

A small part of Maumee Bay

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 is also included in Washington Township.

No municipalities are located in Washington Township.

Name

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

• County website
• Washington Township website