Richland Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,620 people in the township.
Geography Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships: Jackson Township: north Elk Township: east Clinton Township: southeast Washington Township, Jackson County: south Jackson Township, Jackson County: southwest Harrison Township: west Eagle Township: northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Richland Township.
Name and history Richland Township was organized in about 1824.
It is one of twelve Richland 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,§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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.
References
External links Vinton County Chamber of Commerce