Ripley Township, Holmes County, Ohio

Ripley Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 2,415.

Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
 * Clinton Township, Wayne County – north
 * Franklin Township, Wayne County – northeast corner
 * Prairie Township – east
 * Monroe Township – south
 * Knox Township – southwest
 * Washington Township – west

No municipalities are located in Ripley Township, although the unincorporated community of Big Prairie lies in the northwestern part of the township.

Name and history
Statewide, the only other Ripley Township is located in Huron County.

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.