Washington Township, Franklin County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Washington Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Franklin County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Franklin

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area_total_km2 = 19.2
area_land_km2 = 19.2
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 7.4
area_land_sq_mi = 7.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1412
population_density_km2 = 73.5
population_density_sq_mi = 190.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 276
elevation_ft = 906
latd = 40 |latm = 4 |lats = 17 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 9 |longs = 37 |longEW = W

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Washington Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. Although (by the nature of townships in Ohio) it is located only in Franklin County, it is connected with areas in Delaware and Union counties. [http://www.wtwp.com/] The 2000 census found 1,412 people in the township, 1,035 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39049 Franklin County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:
*Dublin - northeast
*Hilliard - southeast
*Brown Township - southwest, east of Canaan Township
*Canaan Township, Madison County - southwest, west of Brown Township
*Darby Township, Madison County - west
*Jerome Township, Union County - northwest

Several small "islands" of the township are located within the city of Dublin.

Much of eastern Washington Township is occupied by the city of Dublin, and the city of Hilliard includes a small part of southern Washington Township. As well, the unincorporated community of Amlin lies in the southwestern part of the township.

Name and history

It is one of forty-three Washington Townships statewide.

Government

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. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township clerk, 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. Vacancies in the clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

* [http://www.wtwp.com Township website]
* [http://www.co.franklin.oh.us County website]