Washington Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Shelby County

Shelby County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 47,910 people, 17,636 households, and 13,085 families residing in the county. The population density was 117 people per square mile . There were 18,682 housing units at an average density of 46 per square mile...

, 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 2,083 people in the township, 1,875 of whom lived in the unincorporated

Unincorporated area

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 portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Turtle Creek Township
  Turtle Creek Township, Shelby County, Ohio
  Turtle Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,583 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Clinton Township
  Clinton Township, Shelby County, Ohio
  Clinton Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 20,903 people in the township, 1,223 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Orange Township
  Orange Township, Shelby County, Ohio
  Orange Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,419 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Clinton Township - north...
  
   - east
• Washington Township, Miami County
  Washington Township, Miami County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the twelve townships of Miami County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,803 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Loramie Township
  Loramie Township, Shelby County, Ohio
  Loramie Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,438 people in the township, 1,887 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Cynthian Township
  Cynthian Township, Shelby County, Ohio
  Cynthian Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,972 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*McLean Township - north...
  
   - northwest

The village of Lockington

Lockington, Ohio

Lockington is a village in Washington Township, Shelby County, Ohio, United States, along Loramie Creek. The population was 208 at the 2000 census....

 is located in southeastern Washington 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.