Taylor Township, Union County, Ohio

Coordinates: 40°20′52″N 83°23′34″W / 40.34778°N 83.39278°W / 40.34778; -83.39278
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Taylor Township, Union County, Ohio
FIPS code
39-76194[3]
GNIS feature ID1087083[1]

Taylor Township is one of the fourteen

2020 census
found 1,516 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:

No municipalities are located in Taylor Township, although the unincorporated community (hamlet) of Broadway lies in the township's western midsection.

Name and history

It is the only Taylor Township statewide, although there is a Taylor Creek Township in Hardin County.

Taylor was the last township to be organized in Union County, on December 5, 1849.[4]

Government

The township is administered 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 a presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also a township Fiscal Officer,[5] who is elected in November of the year before a presidential election and serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election. Trustee and Fiscal Officer vacancies are filled through appointment by the remaining trustees.

For 2019, the elected officials (and end of term) are:

  • Dennis Schertzer (2021), Trustee
  • Beth Marshall (2021), Trustee
  • Scott Weeks (2023), Trustee
  • Tina Marshall (2023), Fiscal Officer

References

  1. ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "Taylor township, Union County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ A.S. Mowry, C.E., Atlas of Union County, Ohio, Harris, Sutton & Hare, Philadelphia, 1877, Pg. 20.
  5. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

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