| Official Name: | Northwest Township, Williams County, Ohio |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Williams |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 85.4 |
| Area Land Km2: | 84.5 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.9 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 33.0 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 32.6 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.3 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 1139 |
| Population Density Km2: | 13.5 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 34.9 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 299 |
| Elevation Ft: | 981 |
| Coordinates: | 41.6644°N -84.7378°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 39-57162[3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1087173 |
Northwest Township is one of the twelve townships of Williams County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,139 people in the township.
Located in the northwestern corner of the county, and of the state, along both the Indiana state line and the Michigan state line, it borders the following townships:
No municipalities are located in Northwest Township. The township lies within the Toledo Strip, a contested ribbon of land over which Ohio and Michigan came to blows in an 1835–36 confrontation known as the Toledo War.[4]
The unincorporated community of Nettle Lake, also a census-designated place, is in the northern part of the township, at the south end of the lake of the same name.
Northwest Township was organized in 1840, and named for the fact the extreme northwestern point of Ohio is located within its borders.[5] It is the only Northwest Township statewide.[6]
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,[7] 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.