History · Townsend

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Townsend Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population of the township was 1,571.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,623 to 1,571 (-3%). Half of its homes were built before 1963.

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Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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