FULTON TOWNSHIP, FULTON COUNTY, OHIO

'Fulton Township' is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,261 people in the township, 1,618 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

★ Amboy Township - north

★ Richfield Township, Lucas County - northeast corner

★ Spencer Township, Lucas County - east, north of Harding Township

★ Harding Township, Lucas County - east, south of Spencer Township

★ Swanton Township, Lucas County - southeast

★ Swan Creek Township - south

★ York Township - southwest corner

★ Pike Township - west

★ Royalton Township - northwest corner
Part of the village of Swanton is located in southeastern Fulton Township.

Name and history

It is the only Fulton Township statewide.

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

1. Fulton County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links

★ County website