This website has been created for - and dedicated to - the residents of Swanton Township, both present and future. Our goal is to provide information about the departments and services of our township online, where it is available at your convenience and leisure.

Please be sure to visit our Special_Notices_Page as it contains current and important information for all Swanton Township residents!!

Swan Creek Watershed Project

Swanton Township is the jewel of Western Lucas County, Ohio. The township is mostly rural in nature, where we enjoy the quiet serenity of country living. Although our residents value their privacy, we are far from isolated. Access is fast and easy to the Ohio Turnpike and other Interstate Highways and major arteries, along with the Toledo Express Airport, which has its terminal within our township boundaries. You can get "there" from "here" !

Our township is host to a unique natural area - the Oak Openings Preserve Metropark. Here you will find prickly-pear cactus, wild lupine and sand cherry blooming atop dry, hot sand dunes just yards away from orchids growing in low, wet swales. Such contrasts are what make the Oak Openings Region the subject of endless fascination for professional naturalists and regular folks alike. More than 50 miles of trails and fire lanes in the preserve make it easy to explore the variety of habitats that make up the Oak Openings Region, which The Nature Conservancy lists among the 200 “Last Great Places on Earth.”

If you are not currently a resident, please visit us soon!