PORTER TOWNSHIP, DELAWARE COUNTY, OHIO

Municipalities and townships of Delaware County.

'Porter Township' is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,696 people in the township.[1]

Contents
Geography
Name and history
Government
References
External links

Geography


Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

★ Bennington Township, Morrow County - north

★ South Bloomfield Township, Morrow County - northeast corner

★ Hilliar Township, Knox County - east

★ Hartford Township, Licking County - southeast corner

★ Trenton Township - south

★ Berkshire Township - southwest corner

★ Kingston Township - west

★ Peru Township, Morrow County - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Porter Township.

Name and history


Statewide, the only Porter Township is located in Scioto County.

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

External links



★ County website

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