Eagle Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,084.
Geography Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships: Liberty Township - north Marion Township - northeast corner Jackson Township - east Madison Township - southeast Van Buren Township - south Orange Township - southwest corner Union Township - west Blanchard Township - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Eagle Township.
Name and history Statewide, other Eagle Townships are located in Brown and Vinton counties.
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.
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