Xenia Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Greene County

Greene County, Ohio

Greene County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. The population was 161,573 in the 2010 Census. Its county seat is Xenia, and it was named for General Nathanael Greene, an officer in the Revolutionary War. Greene County was established on March 24, 1803.Greene County is part...

, 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 6,117 people in the township.

Geography

Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Miami Township
  Miami Township, Greene County, Ohio
  Miami Township is one of the twelve townships of Greene County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,106 people in the township, 1,215 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Cedarville Township
  Cedarville Township, Greene County, Ohio
  Cedarville Township is one of the twelve townships of Greene County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,092 people in the township, 1,264 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• New Jasper Township
  New Jasper Township, Greene County, Ohio
  New Jasper Township is one of the twelve townships of Greene County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,538 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the east central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Caesarscreek Township
  Caesarscreek Township, Greene County, Ohio
  Caesarscreek Township is one of the twelve townships of Greene County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,225 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Spring Valley Township
  Spring Valley Township, Greene County, Ohio
  Spring Valley Township is one of the twelve townships of Greene County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,489 people in the township, 1,979 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Beavercreek Township
  Beavercreek Township, Greene County, Ohio
  Beavercreek Township is one of the twelve townships of Greene County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 41,745 people in the township, 3,063 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Bath Township
  Bath Township, Greene County, Ohio
  Bath Township is one of the twelve townships of Greene County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 40,231 people in the township, 8,877 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

The city of Xenia

Xenia, Ohio

Xenia is a city in and the county seat of Greene County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in southwestern Ohio 21 miles from Dayton and is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, the county seat

County seat

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 of Greene County, occupies much of Xenia Township, and the census-designated place

Census-designated place

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 of Wilberforce

Wilberforce, Ohio

Wilberforce is a census-designated place in Greene County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,579 at the 2000 census. The community was named for the English statesman William Wilberforce, who worked for abolition of slavery and achieved the end of the slave trade in the United Kingdom and...

is located in the township's northwest.

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.