Taylor Township, Union County, Ohio
Taylor Township, Union County, Ohio | |
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 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°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 | 1,001 ft (305 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,516 |
| • Density | 57/sq mi (22/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| FIPS code | 39-76194[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1087083[1] |
Taylor Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,516 people in the township.
Geography
[edit]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 (hamlet) of Broadway lies in the township's western midsection.
Name and history
[edit]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
[edit]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 1. 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 1 of the year after the election. Trustee and Fiscal Officer vacancies are filled through appointment by the remaining trustees.
For 2019, the elected officials (and end of term) are:
- Dennis Schertzer (2021), Trustee
- Beth Marshall (2021), Trustee
- Scott Weeks (2023), Trustee
- Tina Marshall (2023), Fiscal Officer
References
[edit]- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Taylor township, Union County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ 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.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |