Plain Township, Franklin County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Plain 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 = 55.2
area_land_km2 = 55.2
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 21.3
area_land_sq_mi = 21.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 5926
population_density_km2 = 107.4
population_density_sq_mi = 278.1

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 313
elevation_ft = 1027
latd = 40 |latm = 5 |lats = 3 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 49 |longs = 29 |longEW = W

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Plain Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,926 people in the township, 2,215 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 northeastern corner of the county, it consists of a large section in the north and east and several small "islands" in the southwest. While the islands are surrounded by the city of Columbus, the large section borders the following townships and cities:
*Harlem Township, Delaware County - north
*Monroe Township, Licking County - northeast corner
*Jersey Township, Licking County - east
*Pataskala - southeast corner
*Jefferson Township - south
*Columbus - southwest
*Blendon Township - west
*Genoa Township, Delaware County - northwest corner

Two municipalities are located in Plain Township:
*Part of the city of Columbus, in the southwest
*The village of New Albany, in the center

Name and history

Statewide, other Plain Townships are located in Stark, Wayne, and Wood Counties.

In 1970 Plain Township stetched six miles by six miles, with the only exception to its being a full 36 square miles being the fairly small town of New Albany. The southeast part of the township has since mainly become part of New Albany while the southwest has been annexed by Columbus.

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://plaintownship.org Township website]
* [http://www.co.franklin.oh.us County website]