Sharon Township, Franklin County, Ohio

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official_name = Sharon Township, Franklin County, 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 = 23.4
area_land_km2 = 23.4
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 9.0
area_land_sq_mi = 9.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 16455
population_density_km2 = 702.4
population_density_sq_mi = 1819.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 258
elevation_ft = 846
latd = 40 |latm = 5 |lats = 52 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 1 |longs = 15 |longEW = W

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Sharon Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 16,455 people in the township, 1,831 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

Most of Sharon Township has been annexed by the cities of Westerville, in the northeast of the township, Worthington, in the center of the township, and Columbus (the county seat of Franklin County), around the edges of the township. The village of Riverlea is located in the central part of the township, south of Worthington.

Today, the township is composed of many small "islands," all of which border the city of Columbus. While some are completely surrounded by Columbus, several have other borders:
*In the northeast, one "island" is surrounded by Westerville, while another borders the city to the north and east
*In the north, one "island" borders Worthington to the south
*In the northwest, one "island" borders Perry Township to the west and Delaware County's Liberty and Orange Townships to the northwest and north respectively.

Name and history

Statewide, other Sharon Townships are located in Medina, Noble, and Richland Counties.

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.co.franklin.oh.us County website]