Delaware Township, Delaware County, Ohio

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°W / 40.29694; -83.07222Coordinates: 40°17′49″N 83°4′20″W / 40.29694°N 83.07222°W / 40.29694; -83.07222
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]

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

1. ^ ^{a b} "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ Delaware County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
4. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
5. ^ Delaware County EMS

External links

• Township website
• County website