Ross Township, one of thirteen townships in the county, is located in south-central Butler County, Ohio, United States, southwest of the city of Hamilton. The population was 8,355 at the 2010 census, up from 6,448 in 2000; 7,830 of this total lived in the unincorporated portions of the township in 2010. It originally comprised twenty-seven whole and seven fractional sections in the Congress Lands. History One of the five original townships of the county, it was erected by the Butler County Court of Quarter Sessions on May 10, 1803, with these boundaries: Beginning on the west bank of the Miami at the northeast corner of fractional township No. 1 of the third range west of the Miami; thence west to the western boundary of the county; thence south to the southwest corner of the county; thence east with the southern boundary of the county to the Miami; thence northwestwardly up the Miami to the place of beginning. Historic population figures 1820—1,665 1830—1,745 1890—1,450 1900—1,338 1910—1,276 1920—1,239 1930—1,418 1940—1,536 1950—1,984 1960—3,340 1970—3,819 1980—5,626 1990—6,377 2000—6,448 2010—8,355 Geography Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Hanover Township - north St. Clair Township - northeast Fairfield Township - east Colerain Township, Hamilton County - southeast Crosby Township, Hamilton County - southwest Morgan Township - west Reily Township - northwest corner Name It is named for James Ross (1762–1847), a Federalist United States senator from Pennsylvania when the township was erected. Statewide, other Ross Townships are located in Greene and Jefferson 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, 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. References Bert S. Barlow, W.H. Todhunter, Stephen D. Cone, Joseph J. Pater, and Frederick Schneider, eds. Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio. Hamilton, Ohio: B.F. Bowen, 1905. Jim Blount. The 1900s: 100 Years In the History of Butler County, Ohio. Hamilton, Ohio: Past Present Press, 2000.