Muskingum Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Muskingum Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 4,520 people in the township.GeographyLocated in the north central part of the county, it borders the following townships: Cass Township - northMadison Township - northeastWashington Township - southwestFalls Township - southLicking Township - west No municipalities are located in Muskingum Township.Name and historyStatewide, the only other Muskingum Township is located in Washington County.Emergency servicesThe Muskingum Township is protected by the Falls Township Fire Department, which provides Fire & EMS services to Falls Township, Muskingum Township and mutual aid for surrounding departments. Falls Township Fire Department currently has 3 stations.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.