The 2020 census found 5,452 people in the township.

Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Two municipalities are located in Springfield Township: the village of South Zanesville in the southwest, and part of the city of Zanesville, the county seat of Muskingum County, in the northeast.

It is one of eleven Springfield Townships statewide.

[4] 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.

There is also an elected township fiscal officer,[5] 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.