Brown Township, Franklin County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Brown 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 = 56.2
area_land_km2 = 56.2
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 21.7
area_land_sq_mi = 21.7
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2031
population_density_km2 = 36.1
population_density_sq_mi = 93.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 287
elevation_ft = 942
latd = 40 |latm = 0 |lats = 11 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 13 |longs = 40 |longEW = W

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Brown Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,031 people in 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 western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Washington Township - northeast
*Norwich Township - east
*Prairie Township - south
*Jefferson Township, Madison County - southwest
*Canaan Township, Madison County - northwest

A small part of the city of Hilliard is located in northeastern Brown Township, and part of the census-designated place of Lake Darby lies in the township's southwest.

Name and history

It is one of eight Brown Townships statewide.

The township was organized in 1830.fact|date=June 2007

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.brown.twp.franklin.oh.us Township website]
* [http://www.co.franklin.oh.us County website]