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Wood County

Official County Record

Official source, last checked Sep 15, 2026

Board of County Commissioners meets: Tuesday and Thursday mornings.
Meeting location: Commissioners' Hearing Room, 5th Floor, County Office Building, One Courthouse Square, Bowling Green, OH 43402.
County Auditor: Matthew R. Oestreich · 419-354-9150 · auditor@woodcountyohio.gov
Agendas posted at: https://www.woodcountyohio.gov/
President, Board of County Commissioners: Board of County Commissioners, 3 members elected at-large. President: Craig LaHote. Vice President: Dr. Theodore H. Bowlus. Commissioner: Doris I. Herringshaw.

Sources

https://www.woodcountyohio.gov/

Other Local Government Here

Local government is layered — cities, counties, school districts, and special districts are separate, overlapping governments. Most residents are covered by several at once, and more may exist here than are listed below.

City: Bowling Green, Ohio

Other Known Local Governments Here

These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.

Cities (4)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026

Villages (21)

Bairdstown
Bloomdale (official website, opens in a new tab)
Bradner
Custar
Cygnet
Grand Rapids (official website, opens in a new tab)
Haskins (official website, opens in a new tab)
Hoytville
Jerry City
Luckey
Millbury
Milton Center
North Baltimore (official website, opens in a new tab)
Pemberville (official website, opens in a new tab)
Portage
Risingsun
Tontogany
Walbridge (official website, opens in a new tab)
Wayne
West Millgrove
Weston (official website, opens in a new tab)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026

School districts (10)

Bowling Green City School District
Eastwood Local
Elmwood Local
Fostoria City
Lake Local
North Baltimore Local
Northwood Local Schools
Otsego Local
Perrysburg Exempted Village
Rossford Exempted Village

Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only

Special districts · Airport (1)

Wood County Regional Airport Authority (official website, opens in a new tab)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts) · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026

Special districts · Fire Protection (1)

Central Joint Fire District