Holmes Township, Crawford County, Ohio

Holmes Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,246.

Holmes Township
Township
Along U.S. Route 30 northwest of Bucyrus
Location of Holmes Township (red) in Crawford County, next to the city of Bucyrus (yellow)
Coordinates: 40°51′22″N 83°0′20″W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Crawford
Area
• Total	35.1 sq mi (91.0 km2)
• Land	35.1 sq mi (90.9 km2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation [1]	997 ft (304 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	1,246
• Density	35/sq mi (14/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-35980[3]
GNIS feature ID	1085938[1]

Geography

Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Lykens Township - north
• Chatfield Township - northeast
• Liberty Township - east
• Whetstone Township - southeast corner
• Bucyrus Township - south
• Tod Township - west
• Texas Township - northwest corner

A small part of the city of Bucyrus, the county seat of Crawford County, is located in southeastern Holmes Township, and the unincorporated community of Brokensword lies on the border with Lykens Township.

Name and history

Holmes Township was named for Deputy Surveyor General Samuel Holmes.^[4]

It is the only Holmes Township statewide.^[5]

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,^[6] 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.