Richland Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census reported 3,573 people living in the township, 1,009 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. Geography Located in the northeast corner of the county, it borders the following townships: Jasper Township, Fayette County - northeast Concord Township, Fayette County - southeast Wayne Township - south Green Township - southwest Union Township - west Wilson Township - northwest It is located in the northeast corner of the county. The entire township lies in the Virginia Military District and contains 21,210.72 acres (86 km) of land. The village of Sabina is located in eastern Richland Township, and the unincorporated communities of Reesville and Melvin are in the western part of the township. Education Richland township is covered by East Clinton Local School Dist. which is based in Sabina, Ohio. Students attend Sabina Elementary School, East Clinton Middle School, and East Clinton High School. Other education facilities include Sabina Co Op Preschool which is located in Sabina at the Sabina United Methodist Church. Parks Richland Township contains 2 parks within its boundaries. Clinton-Fayette Friendship Trail starts at Melvin road and continues through Sabina ending at Borum RD. There is parking at Melvin, Reesville, Sabina park and at Bourne road. The township park contains 2 shelter houses 3 baseball/softball fields and a batting cage with a walking track surrounding them all. There is a connecting path Over the footbridge connecting to the Sabina park. Transportation Major roads include the 3C Highway (aka State Route 3 and U.S. Route 22) and State Routes 729 and 72. Name It is one of twelve Richland Townships statewide. History Richland was one of the original three townships of Clinton County. It was erected by the County Commissioners on April 6, 1810 with the boundaries: all that part of Clinton County east of the old boundary line of Warren County shall be one township known by the name of Richland. On August 10, 1813, the Commissioners defined the boundaries more precisely: Beginning at a large hickory at the corner of Green Township in the line of Union Township, thence running with the line of Green Township to the southerly corner of the county and at the corner of Fayette County, thence north with the county line to the northeast corner, then west with the county line to the original