• Source: Cass Township, Hancock County, Ohio

      • Cass Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,008.


      Geography


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

      Bloom Township, Wood County - north
      Perry Township, Wood County - northeast corner
      Washington Township - east
      Biglick Township - southeast corner
      Marion Township - south
      Allen Township - west
      No municipalities are located in Cass Township.


      Name and history


      Statewide, other Cass Townships are located in Muskingum and Richland counties.
      Cass Township was organized in 1833. It was named for Lewis Cass, who had then recently served as Territorial Governor of Michigan.


      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.


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