High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ridge Township is one of the twelve townships of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,114 people in the township, 1,311 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. Part of the city of Van Wert, the county seat and largest city of Van Wert County, is located in the western half of Ridge Township. Ridge Township is one of only two county townships (the other being Pleasant Township) without a border on another county. Statewide, the only other Ridge Township is located in Wyandot County.