- Delaware Township, Delaware County, Ohio
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Delaware Township, Delaware County, Ohio — Township — Municipalities and townships of Delaware County.
Coordinates: 40°17′49″N 83°4′20″W / 40.29694°N 83.07222°WCoordinates: 40°17′49″N 83°4′20″W / 40.29694°N 83.07222°W Country United States State Ohio County Delaware Area – Total 25.2 sq mi (65.3 km2) – Land 25.0 sq mi (64.9 km2) – Water 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2) Elevation[1] 886 ft (270 m) Population (2000) – Total 26,149 – Density 1,043.9/sq mi (403.1/km2) Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) – Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4) ZIP code 43015 Area code(s) 740 FIPS code 39-21448[2] GNIS feature ID 1086046[1] Delaware Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 26,149 people in the township, 1,559 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]
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Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Troy Township - north
- Brown Township - northeast
- Berlin Township - southeast
- Liberty Township - south
- Concord Township - southwest
- Scioto Township - west
- Radnor Township - northwest
Most of Delaware Township is occupied by the city of Delaware, the county seat of Delaware County.
Name and history
Statewide, other Delaware Townships are located in Defiance and Hancock 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 fiscal officer,[4] 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 fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.
Public services
Emergency medical services in Delaware Township are provided by the Delaware County EMS.[5]
References
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Delaware County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
- ^ Delaware County EMS
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Municipalities and communities of Delaware County, Ohio Cities Columbus‡ | Delaware | Dublin‡ | Powell | Westerville‡
Villages Ashley | Galena | Ostrander | Shawnee Hills | Sunbury
Townships Unincorporated
communitiesAfrica | Kilbourne | Lewis Center | Radnor
Ghost town Carpenter's Mill
Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Townships in Delaware County, Ohio
- Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area
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