Eagle Township, Hancock County, Ohio

Eagle Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,195 people in the township.GeographyLocated in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships: Liberty Township - northMarion Township - northeast cornerJackson Township - eastMadison Township - southeastVan Buren Township - southOrange Township - southwest cornerUnion Township - westBlanchard Township - northwest corner No municipalities are located in Eagle Township.Name and historyStatewide, other Eagle Townships are located in Brown and Vinton counties.GovernmentThe 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.