Taylor Township, Union County, Ohio
Taylor Township, Union County, Ohio | |
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Township | |
State Route 347 in Broadway | |
Location of Taylor Township in Union County | |
Coordinates: 40°20′52″N 83°23′34″W / 40.34778°N 83.39278°WCoordinates: 40°20′52″N 83°23′34″W / 40.34778°N 83.39278°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Ohio |
County | Union |
Area | |
• Total | 26.6 sq mi (69.0 km2) |
• Land | 26.6 sq mi (69.0 km2) |
• Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
Elevation[1] | 1,001 ft (305 m) |
Population (2000) | |
• Total | 1,444 |
• Density | 54.2/sq mi (20.9/km2) |
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
FIPS code | 39-76194[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 1087083[1] |
Taylor Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,444 people in the township.[3]
Geography
Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Claibourne Township - northeast
- Leesburg Township - east
- Paris Township - south
- Liberty Township - west
- York Township - northwest
No municipalities are located in Taylor Township, although the unincorporated community of Broadway lies in the township's west.
Name and history
It is the only Taylor Township statewide, although there is a Taylor Creek Township in Hardin County.
Taylor was the last township to be organized in Union County, on December 5, 1849.[4]
Government
The township is administered 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 1st. Two are elected in the year after a presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also a township Fiscal Officer,[5] who is elected in November of the year before a presidential election and serves a four-year term beginning on April 1st of the year after the election. Trustee and Fiscal Officer vacancies are filled through appointment by the remaining trustees.
For 2016, the elected officials are:
- Dennis Schertzer, Trustee and Chairman of the Board
- Scott Weeks, Trustee
- Bob Kroshefsky, Trustee
- Tina Marshall, Fiscal Officer
References
- 1 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ Union County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ↑ A.S. Mowry, C.E., Atlas of Union County, Ohio, Harris, Sutton & Hare, Philadelphia, 1877, Pg. 20.
- ↑ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.