Blanchard Township, Hancock County, Ohio

Blanchard Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,170 people in the township, 855 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.GeographyLocated in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships: Pleasant Township - northPortage Township - northeast cornerLiberty Township - eastEagle Township - southeast cornerUnion Township - southRiley Township, Putnam County - southwest cornerBlanchard Township, Putnam County - westVan Buren Township, Putnam County - northwest corner The village of Benton Ridge is located in southeastern Blanchard Township.Name and historyStatewide, other Blanchard Townships are located in Hardin and Putnam counties.