Washington Township, Holmes County, Ohio


Washington Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,624, of whom 1,438 lived in the unincorporated portion of the township.

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
Several populated places are located in Washington Township:
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.