title: Killbuck Township, Holmes County, Ohio
text: # Killbuck Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  
  Killbuck Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,894.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
  
  * Hardy Township - northeast
  * Mechanic Township - east
  * Clark Township, Coshocton County - southeast
  * Monroe Township, Coshocton County - southwest
  * Richland Township - west
  * Monroe Township - northwest
  
  The village of Killbuck is located in central Killbuck Township.
  
  ## Name and history
  
  It is the only Killbuck Township statewide.
  
  ## 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.
  
  